« Older: Hondros College expands school of nursing to Columbus and Dayton
« Newer: Market doubts hit private student loans
(The Tampa Tribune)
Things may look bleak for Florida’s public university system, where schools are slashing budgets and laying off workers because of a tight state budget.
But for some schools in the for-profit college industry, money is flowing.
Investors with big pools of cash, such as private equity firms, have pumped millions of dollars into the industry in the past few years, and some of that cash has been used to snap up small Florida colleges and expand their programs. The moves mirror a national trend: private equity firms are spending billions to buy for-profit career colleges so they can build enrollments and then potentially spin them off for big profits. Read full story.
Submit your news item or press release to Career College Central for inclusion on the site.
Venture Direct Worldwide delivers the best students for the country's leading career colleges! Over 20 years of direct marketing experience, with hundreds of educational institutions, allows us to consistently surpass client expectations by supplying a better than expected ROI.
PlattForm Advertising is a full-service agency specializing in interactive marketing and advertising for higher education. Boasting an internal creative staff of nearly 200 individuals, the agency provides a number of student acquisition services including interactive lead generation; online marketing; search engine marketing; media placement; creative, print and video production; direct mail; and print media services.
Lead Dog Advertising, Inc. is a full service advertising agency specializing in student recruitment through TV and Newspaper advertising. Lead Dog prides itself in being the agency that turns around tough markets. If you have markets that are not producing the results that you need then you need to call Lead Dog.
Becker Media creates full-service advertising campaigns for TV, radio, print and the Web. Becker Media specializes in strategic media selection, strategic planning and creativity that generates results.
CONTACT Direct Marketing is a full-service direct marketing company. We specialize in eye-catching, innovative direct mail packages. Supercharge your direct marketing efforts with our new Click to CONTACT service. It gives you an online response option that delivers leads to you in real-time. You can count on CONTACT Direct Marketing for expeditious turnaround and superior customer service.
MDT Direct works with over 300 school and colleges nationwide, providing them with the tools, services and know-how to improve lead-flow and convert those leads into enrollments.