Higher-education companies have seen a mixed bag of spending sprees and lawsuits in the past several weeks, as well as the first public offering in nearly five years.
Higher-education companies have seen a mixed bag of spending sprees and lawsuits in the past several weeks, as well as the first public offering in nearly five years.
Officials of South University, a proprietary-college system based in Savannah, Ga., took a calculated risk five years ago. At a time when nursing programs at many traditional colleges were struggling to attract students, South figured that it could profitably enter the field of nursing education.
The Union HRD Ministry convened a meeting of all state ministers for higher education to discuss the enactment of a Central legislation to control self-financing institutes like private engineering colleges.
Gov. George E. Pataki of New York wants the state's private colleges to be able to compete, for the first time, for public funds to help pay for capital projects. The governor, a Republican...
Another private-equity investor is taking a high-profile stake in the higher-education industry. Sterling Capital Partners announced on Tuesday that it had acquired the for-profit Florida Coastal...