Morning Bell: Sensing ‘Golden Moment,’ Investors Pour Dollars Into Public Schools
—Mark Claypool, Educational Services of America
Private firms eyeing profits from U.S. public schools – “Traditionally, public education has been a tough market for private firms to break into… Now investors are signaling optimism that a golden moment has arrived. They’re pouring private equity and venture capital into scores of companies that aim to profit by taking over broad swaths of public education.” Reuters
Higher education: The college-cost calamity – The Economist does its thing on U.S. higher ed: “Universities that fail to prepare for the hurricane ahead are likely to be flattened by it.” The Economist
IU CFO Neil Theobald Named New Temple President – IU Bloomington’s top financial officer will officially begin at the public university in Philadelphia on January 1, 2013. Indiana Public Media
Indiana Chamber surveys show top election issues – President Kevin Brinegar says education ranks just below jobs and the economy in the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s polling. WBAA