January 26, 2024

Annals of State University Presidents Getting Suckered Into Buying Scam For-Profit Colleges

Email from Andrew Clark, the CEO of predatory for-profit Ashford University, to Robert Robbins, the president of actual University of Arizona, prior to merger: “Bobby… I’d like to begin developing a personal relationship with you and understand your vision for online learning at UofA.”

C. Scott Green, president of actual University of Idaho, explaining in a court hearing why he didn’t ask the sharp operators at Tyton Partners the names of other alleged suitors seeking to buy scam for-profit University of Phoenix from sharp operators Apollo Global Management: I didn’t want to look like I’d “just fallen off the turnip truck.”