Russian higher-education regulators have begun a campaign to revoke the operating licenses of the many private and small state colleges that popped up in the 1990s, using fire and safety violations...
Russian higher-education regulators expect to revoke the operating licenses of about 100 private and small state colleges that do not meet quality and safety standards.
A private-equity firm that focuses on investments in education companies has acquired Schiller International University, a family-owned college of about 1,200 students that is based in Florida and has campuses in six countries.
For-profit higher education is a large, complex system of institutions, and its explosive growth over the last decade has made it a prominent force in shaping higher-education policy and practice. The for-profit educational sector is composed of a diverse set of colleges, but most of the literature neatly ignores this.