AI-assisted summary
Purdue University acquired the for-profit Kaplan University in 2017, rebranding it as Purdue Global.
Purdue Global has spent approximately $1 billion on marketing, leveraging the Purdue brand to attract students.
Some students and faculty have expressed confusion over the relationship between Purdue Global and Purdue's main campus.
A university senate committee and the Higher Learning Commission have raised concerns about marketing transparency and potential student confusion.
This is the last of a three-part series.
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — In April 2017, Mitch Daniels told a room full of Purdue University trustees that their newest business partner was ironclad.
The Purdue president explained that Kaplan Higher Education, the company behind the for-profit, online K