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University partners Р”Вata Raven is a technology that uses algorithms and artificial intelligence to improve recruitment and retention. One criticism of this model is that college and university staff see this as a form of privatization. The firm works with faculty and staff to design and deliver online programs it uses uses digital, traditional and field sales channels to market and enroll students and it provides outreach to assist students with the application process, communicate with students, refer students to university services, and provide outreach to inactive students. Instead, it provides its clients with marketing, mentoring, instructional design, technology, and other services. It is not directly involved in instruction and it does not confer degrees. Business model Р”Р„cademic Partnerships operates as an online program manager (OPM) and receives an undisclosed portion of the revenues. The senators said that online program managers were typically not transparent and that that they were concerned that these OPMs might be violating rules meant to rein in for-profit colleges.

In 2020, Academic Partnerships was one of five online program managers that Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown targeted for scrutiny. The school paid AP 'more than $178 million over about a five-year period.' In 2020, University of Texas-Arlington President Vistasp Karbhari resigned after taking two international trips paid by Academic Partnerships. Vistria has investments in a number of for-profit education assets, including Edmentum, Vanta Education, FullBloom Education, MSI Information Services, Apollo Education Group, and Unitek Learning. In 2019, Vistria Group, a Chicago-based equity firm, acquired Academic Partnerships for the Vistria II fund. In 2017, the firm appointed Dan Branch, a former Texas House member and Chairman of the Texas House Committee on Higher Education to the board. Р”Р„t some point, AP was owned by Insight Partners, a venture capital and private equity firm. By 2015, AP had annual sales of $100 million and contracts with 40 U.S. In 2014, AP was characterized as a 'profit machine' that could reduce the cost of educating an undergraduate by about 85 percent. In his June 2014 speech to the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, Bush called President Barack ObamaРІР‚в„ўs gainful employment regulations, РІР‚Сљa sledgehammer to the entire field of higher education.РІР‚Сњ In December of that same year, Jeb Bush resigned from his position at AP in preparation for his bid for a 2016 presidential run. In March 2014, the firm paid Hillary Clinton $225,000 to deliver a speech. Former executives at Academic Partnerships, Paxton Riter and Whitney Kilgore, helped found another OPM, iDesign. In 2013, Clayton Christensen, a Harvard Business School professor and creator of the theory of disruptive innovation became a senior advisor to Academic Partnerships. Using his connections, Bush was able to broker an education deal for AP with Florida International University In 2011, Randy Best hired former Florida Governor Jeb Bush as an adviser to Higher Ed Holdings.

universities into global education brands.' An article in Forbes characterized the company's efforts as 'using the Web to turn struggling midlevel U.S. In 2007, Education Holdings helped Lamar University establish online programs, and quickly expanded to other universities including the University of Texas system and Arkansas State University. In 2007, Academic Partnerships was created by entrepreneur Randy Best as Higher Ed Holdings.

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