Talk:Laureate Education/Archives/2015

Request edit on 13 January 2015

Hi there - please note that to avoid any WP:COI, I've updated my user page to reflect that I represent Laureate International Universities. I'd like to correct and update the following language:

Regarding the sentence, "Laureate International Universities are the universities and colleges owned by Laureate Education, of Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States." It's technically correct here to say “Laureate International Universities are the universities and colleges and universities owned and operated by Laureate Education.” For instance, Laureate has partnerships with the University of Liverpool and the University of Roehampton to operate their online programs, but Laureate does not have an ownership stake in either university.

Regarding the location of Laureate's operations and total enrollment, this recent interview with Laureate's CEO, Doug Becker provides updates on that and this language could be added: “By 2014, the company owned and operated more than 80 institutions, both campus-based and online, in 30 countries, with total student enrollment of more than 800,000 students.”

Regarding visits of former President Bill Clinton, he also visited Universidade Europeia in May 2014 and commemorated the official launch of Torrens University in Australia in July 2014.

I've also indicated on the Talk:Laureate International Universities page that a proposed merge for Laureate Education and Laureate International Universities would be correct. To support that claim, see the Inside Higher Ed article "Going Global", particularly the part on Laureate's network, Laureate International Universities.

When Laureate acquires or affiliates with an institution, the Laureate name takes a backseat to the institution's preexisting name and brand: “Laureate” is used to refer to the network of universities, but with the exception of some of the technical institutes in Saudi Arabia, none of the institutions in the company’s network have “Laureate” in their name. This is a contrast, to say, DeVry or Kaplan, for-profit college chains that brand their campuses and online degree programs with the company's name.

Dan.Frank.Smith (talk) 21:08, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

I've made the correction and merged the two articles, as well as other cleanup. The article still needs a lot more work though. Some sub-sections under corporate history are needed and a neutral description of programs that doesn't rely on awards. CorporateM (Talk) 01:22, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Apparently merged

Can I removed the template at the top that says "It has been suggested that this article be merged with Laureate Education." since the articles have been merged (apparently)?

• Laureate Education
• Laureate International Universities 108.27.38.227 (talk) 06:04, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Given the discussions about the merge and the fact that he has been merged, I think it would be safe to remove the label. --chemica (talk) 18:49, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Redundant Language about Initial University Investments and Acquistions

When I read the section about the initial universities that Laureate invested in or acquired, there are two paragraphs that seem to say two different versions of the same facts:

″The company’s first investment was Spain’s Universidad Europea de Madrid in 1999, quickly followed by investments in post-secondary institutions in Mexico's Universidad del Valle de México, Chile's Universidad de las Américas and Switzerland's Les Roches International School of Hotel Management and its first investment in online higher education, Walden University in the United States.[3]

The first acquisition of Laureate Education, Inc., at that time known as Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc., was of 54% of Universidad de Europea de Madrid, which had about 6,000 students, for $51 million in 1999.[4] In 2000 Les Roches International School of Hotel Management in Switzerland, Universidad de Las Américas in Chile and Universidad del Valle de México were acquired.[5]"

Am I the only person that thinks that they should and could combined to express more clearly the company's initial investments?--chemica (talk) 18:58, 17 February 2015 (UTC)