CUnet/Nelnet acquires Sparkroom.
PARAMUS, N.J., and TORONTO, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ — CUnet, a subsidiary of Nelnet Inc. (NYSE: NNI), announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Sparkroom, a leading provider of enrollment marketing automation and lead performance management solutions. The parties anticipate closing the transaction on February 1, 2010.
Sparkroom provides business intelligence and lead [...]
What are the most important issues facing private equity firms interested investing in the for-profit education industry
The following comes from the forprofit EDU group on linkedin. If your not a member yet join using the link above.
I think it is finding those firms who understand the current postsecondary climate and have a plan for addressing the various concerns the sector faces as a whole.
More specifically, there are some serious issues with [...]
ForProfitEDU.com Launches First Annual Lead Generation Benchmarking Survey members of higher education community are invited to participate
PRESS RELEASE/MEDIA ALERT
ForProfitEDU.com Launches First Annual Lead Generation Benchmarking Survey Online Members of the higher education community are invited to participate in benchmarking study to identify current trends and best practices in lead marketing
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 – New York, NY – ForProfitEDU.com announced today the launch of the First Annual Lead Generation Benchmarking survey [...]
For-Profit Ed: NegReg Draft Rules Tough on Several Key Issues
Yesterday after the close, the Department of Education (DOE) delivered a draft of the Negotiated Rulemaking (NegReg) regulations that align with a negative scenario:
1) Tying Title IV eligibility to a “gainful employment” metrics including cost of program , loan debt, and income after graduation. (apparantly to be applied to vocational programs only)
2) Getting rid of all [...]
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Milken-PennGSE Education Business Plan Competition
UPenns has asked ForProfitEDU.com to post the following:
In a knowledge economy, nothing is more important than people being able to maximize their potential. And yet, collectively we have not figured out how to reach every person – regardless of where they are intellectually, emotionally, financially, and geographically – to help them realize their potential. Effective [...]
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Press Release: Remington College Reduces Costs, Gains Greater Control over Their Lead Generation with Sparkroom Lead Deliver
Lead Performance Management platform provides Remington marketers with real-time insight into lead performance resulting in more efficient media planning and execution
Toronto – November 11, 2009 – Sparkroom, Inc. (www.sparkroom.com), a leading provider of Lead Performance Management solutions, announced today that Remington College has chosen Sparkroom’s Lead Deliver and Lead IQ platforms to automate their lead [...]
Security Analyst Faults Barron’s Cover Story on For Profits
Security Analyst Faults Barron’s Cover Story on For Profits:
A cover story (http://online.barrons.com/article/SB125755384448934953.html#articleTabs_panel_article%3D1%26articleTabs%3Darticle) this week in Barron’s takes aim at for-profit colleges and universities, saying student graduation rates and default rates are worse than those at traditional colleges, and that student dropout rates are as high as those at public universities.
”For-profit schools like to blame dropouts [...]
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Apollo Group gets hammered due to SEC inquiry!
Apollo group is getting hammered today due to its announcement of the SEC inquiry yesterday. I would have to agree with JPM & Piper Jaffray’s view on this and believe the market is once again over reacting to EDU news… Their EPS & Enrollment are above expectations & their retention has continued to improve. In addition [...]
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Experts say Online learning give students a “modest but statistically meaningful difference” in learning performance
Recently a 93-page report on online education, conducted by SRI International for the Department of Education, has delivered an interesting conclusion: “On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.” The New York times reported the article here: New York Times
LeadsCon East very strong this year, sold out early
For those of you who didn’t get into this years leadscon East, it was a solid show. Lost of EDU folks from the school side, the vendor side as well as financial types. It sold out early this year, hopefully next year they will find a bigger arena for the conference. It’s a solid sign [...]
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