Academe Today: Amid a For-Profit Sector in Flux, Ashford U. Joins Trek to Nonprofit Status

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Finance [A Sector in Flux: How For-Profit Higher Ed Has Shifted]( By Dan Bauman and Goldie Blumenstyk Over the last two years, many of the industry’s biggest players have merged with onetime competitors, moved from for-profit to nonprofit status, or left the business altogether. Here’s a summary. Fund Raising [The $41-Million Rescue]( By Drew Lindsay (The Chronicle of Philanthropy) An army of alumnae rallied to save their alma mater with a Starbucks challenge and a host of other creative ideas. Will it be enough to save Sweet Briar College over the long term? Special Reports [Can Peer Review Be Saved?]( [premium] By Paul Basken The problem facing universities in 2018 isn’t so much that peer review has inevitably evolved, but that scientists collectively have failed to respond with a better replacement. 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