NPR interviewed Mitch Daniels, president of Purdue University, about the university's acquisition of Kaplan University. "It was an unprecedented move for a public university to take over a for-profit, online college, especially given the for-profit sector's recent regulatory troubles," NPR noted. "Negotiations were conducted in secret, which Daniels said was necessary under federal investment rules."
Why Kaplan?
It's part of Purdue's broader innovation agenda to offer students a more affordable, accessible, world-class education, Daniels said.
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