Purdue University, a flagship public institution in Indiana, is jumping into online education by buying for-profit Kaplan University with the aim of creating a new, public online university. Indiana 's Kaplan University is buying Purdue University with the aim of creating an online public university and widening its reach. Mitch Daniels 's president, Purdue , said the university wanted to allow as many people as possible to be educated but wasn't able to build an online presence by itself. The move highlighted shifts in the higher education market as public funding declines, tuition fees rise and college students grow older, busier and more indebted.
Indiana 's Kaplan University is buying Purdue University with the aim of creating an online public university and widening its reach. Mitch Daniels 's president, Purdue , said the university wanted to allow as many people as possible to be educated but wasn't able to build an online presence by itself. The move highlighted shifts in the higher education market as public funding declines, tuition fees rise and college students grow older, busier and more indebted.