Anonymous letter
From time to time we receive anonymous letters from people who have something to say, but don’t want to be outed/exposed, here is a recent one:
I have heard most if not all of the arguments & viewpoints against the way for-profit schools market. I have heard all of the name calling, the comparison to the [...]
Gainful employment, what it can mean to forprofit schools
During long winded negotiated rulemaking for Higher Education, the US DOE proposed defining gainful employment by establishing a 8% debt to income threshold (debt to income is also commonly used for mortgage limits) based on median student debt for recent college graduates with income based either on Bureau of Labor Statistics 25th percentile wage data [...]
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Leadscon 2010 in Las Vegas features a panel on The Future of Education Lead Generation
The Future of Education Lead Generation For those generating or wishing to generate leads, almost all will turn their attention to the online education lead generation space at some point in time. It is a sector that has public companies worth tens of billions of dollars in market cap combined, spends upwards of a billion dollars [...]
Capital Roundtable PE Investing in Education Companies Conference Announcement
On January 14 in New York City, The Capital Roundtable www.CapitalRoundtable.com is producing a new full-day MasterClass™ on
PE Investing in Education Companies –
How to Differentiate Your Strategy
To Be Successful in This White-Hot Sector
This exclusive conference features an expert group of 20 panelists who all have specialized insight about PE investing in the [...]
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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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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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