Thoughts & Analysis on Purdue-Kaplan

Did that court case in Massachusetts clear the way for all Concord grads or was the outcome limited to the individual who filed the lawsuit?

 

Purdue's massive blunder

https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/world-view/purdue%E2%80%99s-massive-blunder

 

What happens to the current students of Kaplan? What will be on the degree when the receive it? If he or she wants to go on with his or her education will those degrees transfer like current Kaplan degrees do, since they are regionally accredited? Will tuition costs go down if the new school is going to operate like a not-for-profit university?

 

They say that the transition should be "seamless" for currently enrolled students. They will just continue on as before.

According to page 3 on their FAQ, the diplomas that existing students receive will have the new university's name on them.

http://www.purduenewu.org/faq.pdf

Sure, they should. Kaplan is already RA and while the accreditor will need to approve the new arrangement, I can't imagine that KU's new association with Purdue would endanger its existing accreditation. (My guess is that Purdue already ran the idea past the accreditor before going ahead with it.) They will inevitably have to submit a lot of paperwork to the accreditor, but that should be invisible from the student end.

I don't know. But I guessing 'no', since the new university apparently won't be state taxpayer supported so it will have to depend on tuition revenues.

 

These articles keep talking about the for-profit/public university hybrid, but Purdue says that Kaplan will be turned into a non-profit. There was an article that someone else linked to that talked about the issues of a public university operating like a private, non-profit because there isn't as much transparency as there is with true non-profits.

 

I just noticed that their press release says that there will be an as-yet-unspecified tuition discount for Indiana residents. So there will be an in-state/out-of-state tuition distinction like public universities typically have.

http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2017/Q2/purdue-to-acquire-kaplan-university,-increase-access-for-millions.html

 

Yes, it appears that it will be incorporated as its own legal entity, in much the same way that Stanford and Harvard are. As such it won't technically have an owner. It will be governed by a six member board of trustees, with five members appointed by Purdue and one by Kaplan. So it looks to me like it will technically be a private non-profit university in legal terms, controlled and managed by a public university. Purdue will control its board of trustees and its academic side, while Kaplan will be contracted to continue providing the DL delivery infrastructure. (Which Purdue currently lacks, is proven and already works.) Initially faculty and students will be the existing Kaplan faculty and students (some 30,000 of the latter). I expect the faculty will technically become employees of the new institution as opposed to being either Kaplan or Indiana state employees.

That's my impression, anyway. I have to say that I think that I like it.

 

micro-update

Indiana officials consider Purdue's plans to create online university - Post-Tribune

 

Indiana residents get 10% discount.

Purdue staff get free NewU classes.

Kaplan will be renamed NewU.

 

It seems Kaplan University became Purdue University at Global Campus. At least a marketable brand name; otherwise, they are going to file bankruptcy soon if use NewU graduates' degrees.



URL: https://www.purdueglobal.edu/

 

Limited to that specific individual.

http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/452/452mass582.html

http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/clearing_the_bar

 

Interestingly, Syracuse University has just received ABA approval for their online JD program. There's only one problem...

While it may qualify you for the bar exam in some states, it doesn't qualify you for the bar in New York which specifically prohibits DL law study.

 

Looks like it's actually a hybrid program: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2016/04/19/syracuse-university-plans-online-jd-degree

 

I work with a girl who is attending a local Kaplan campus. At this point they just renamed it. Everything for her is the same at this point...

 

It's an online program with a handful of in-person residencies not unlike many doctoral programs we've spoken about here.

That doesn't change the fact that the NY Bar Examiners prohibit ANY online or correspondence learning. So it's a law degree that won't qualify you to practice law in the state in which it is based.