Kaplan University Company Profile

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Company Name	Kaplan University
Website	KaplanUniversity.edu
Snippet	Kaplan University (KU) was a for-profit college owned by Kaplan, Inc., a subsidiary of the Graham Holdings Company. It was predominantly a distance learning institution, also maintaining 14 ground locations across the United States. It was regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), one of the nation's seven major accrediting bodies. The university was named in honor of Stanley H. Kaplan,[3] who founded Kaplan Test Prep.[4] In 2017, Indiana's Purdue University announced the acquisition of Kaplan University with the aim of changing it into a nonprofit online institution known as Purdue University Global.[5][6][7] The acquisition was completed in March 2018.[8]
Type	For-profit online university subsidiary
Campus	14 campuses in Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, and Wisconsin and 1 Kaplan University Learning Center in Maryland[2]
Website	KaplanUniversity.edu [2]
Location	Davenport, Iowa, US (with main administrative building in Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
Students	30,000 online and campus-based students[1]
President	Dr. Betty Vandenbosch
Established	1937 as the American Institute of Commerce
Affiliations	Kaplan Higher Education Corporation, Graham Holdings Company
Academic staff	Nearly 3,600

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