tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1208076283830432780.post4955781641460533868..comments2023-10-22T11:05:20.734+01:00Comments on HE Planning Blog: Duke StreetAndrew Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834779230590337759noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1208076283830432780.post-25607725137874708652011-10-14T15:27:50.820+01:002011-10-14T15:27:50.820+01:00There are a number of US education companies with ...There are a number of US education companies with UK subsidiaries - BPP, RDI, for instance - which are returning cash to their shareholders at the moment (see http://investors.capellaeducation.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=189886&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1588815&highlight= or http://heplanningblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/bpp-writedown.html). Now here comes someone with cash looking to enter the UK education market. Finance isn't really my thing, but this looks a much more straightforward basis to do business than any conceivable privatisation. From the story you link to, EMC was already private sector when Goldman moved in.Andrew Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00834779230590337759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1208076283830432780.post-39085746078079516392011-10-14T14:24:19.014+01:002011-10-14T14:24:19.014+01:00If I were a small private company, I would be worr...If I were a small private company, I would be worried about Pearson degrees. As an major investment I'd want something more niche or more established, I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1208076283830432780.post-4008824461520228522011-10-14T14:22:01.155+01:002011-10-14T14:22:01.155+01:00Very generous of you! Here's a story about Go...Very generous of you! Here's a story about Goldman Sachs takeover of Education Management Corporation.<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/14/goldman-sachs-for-profit-college_n_997409.html<br /><br />A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com