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Friday, 22 April 2016

Kaplan University

Kaplan University (KU) is the "working together as" (DBA) name of the Iowa College Acquisition Corporation, an organization that possesses and works revenue driven colleges. It is possessed by Kaplan, Inc., an auxiliary of Graham Holdings Company. Kaplan University is dominatingly a separation learning establishment of advanced education that is locally authorize by the Higher Learning Commission and is an individual from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA). Kaplan University was named to pay tribute to Stanley H. Kaplan, who established Kaplan Test Prep.

In 2015 U.S. News and World Report positioned Kaplan University tied for 137th in the online single man's project class. The University's graduate nursing system was un-ranked. Kaplan University has confronted a few government shriek blower claims whose allegations dovetail with the discoveries of a covert elected examination which uncovered high-weight enrolling and unreasonable pay guarantees. Kaplan's enlistment has declined from 119,000 to 65,000 in the midst of these debates.

As indicated by the New York Times, 23% of Kaplan's projects come up short the proposed beneficial livelihood regulations, and an extra 10% are near falling flat. This implies a critical number of Kaplan graduates can't pay back their understudy credits. In 2015, Kaplan settled with government Officials in regards to claims that it employed teachers who were not qualified. Roughly 300 previous understudies of Kaplan will get educational cost discounts as a feature of the settlement.

History
The American Institute of Commerce was built up in 1937 preceding changing its name to Quest College. In November 2000, Quest College's name was changed to Kaplan College after Kaplan, Inc. obtained it with the buy of Quest Education Corporation. In September 2004, Kaplan College formally changed its name to Kaplan University after it was allowed consent to offer graduate-level degree programs.

The college's school of nursing was granted a national expert accreditation for its Bachelor of Science in nursing degree in April 2006 from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). In October 2007, each of the seven Iowa and Nebraska-based Hamilton College (Iowa) grounds converged with Kaplan University and are presently working under the Kaplan University brand. Accord Law School converged with Kaplan University in October 2007, changing its name to Concord Law School of Kaplan University. Accord is not perceived by the American Bar Association, which does not authorize online foundations, in spite of the fact that understudies with non-ABA-certify law degrees are permitted to take California's bar examination and specialize in legal matters once admitted to the bar.

Offerings & Enrollment
Kaplan University offers associate's, bachelor's, and graduate degrees and declarations in such fields as training, business, data innovation, expressions and sciences, healthcare, nursing, criminal equity, and lawful studies. Kaplan University serves more than 42,000 online and on-grounds understudies. While Kaplan University is based in Davenport, Iowa, the primary organization building is situated in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Notwithstanding 11 grounds in Iowa, Nebraska, and Maryland (and four Kaplan University Learning Centers), Kaplan has online understudy bolster focuses in Florida and Illinois. Kaplan has almost 3,600 educators, teachers, and directors.

Academic
Kaplan University is academically organized into eight schools.
·         Business and Information Technology
·         Concord Law School
·         Education
·         Health Sciences
·         Nursing
·         Open College
·         Professional and Continuing Education
·         Social and Behavioral Sciences

In January, 2016, Kaplan University issued its 6th yearly scholarly report. The 50-page yearly report, which covers the scholarly year starting July 1, 2014 and finishing June 30, 2015, incorporates an outline of Kaplan University and key measurements around the instructive experience, understudy learning and occupation results, and graduate fulfillment evaluations. It additionally gives profiles of individual schools inside the college framework.

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