Ep. 155: What’s Going On With College Athletics (and Why You Should Care)
The evolving role of college athletics and the coming impacts to institutions and students.
Does the possible sale of the University of Phoenix to a public university system signal the demise of the for-profit higher education sector that Phoenix once epitomized?
This week’s episode of The Key analyzes the implications of recent news that a nonprofit affiliated with the University of Arkansas System might buy the former giant among for-profit colleges. Joining the discussion are Kevin Kinser, who heads the department of Education Policy Studies at Pennsylvania State University; Julie Peller, executive director of the nonprofit Higher Learning Advocates and a longtime expert on federal higher ed policy; and Paul Fain, who edits a weekly newsletter called The Job and a former editor of Inside Higher Ed.
The episode focuses less on the possible sale of Phoenix -- about which details remain sketchy -- than on the overall state of for-profit institutions, the changing definition of “for-profit” in higher education, and how to regulate the increasingly blurry landscape of postsecondary education and training.
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The evolving role of college athletics and the coming impacts to institutions and students.
Reviewing the Trump administration’s impact on the education landscape with Inside Higher Ed.
How to prepare soon-to-be college graduates for navigating an economic downturn and cooling job market.
Discussing the findings of the Inside Higher Ed/Hanover Research 2025 Survey of College and University Presidents.
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