Does a for-profit motive hurt education?
A popular argument is that we must be wary of private equity investment in education because these funds operate with a profit motive that results in high fees and poor outcomes. This is selective hypocrisy complicated by a lack of choice.
12 July, 2025•9 min
2
12 July, 2025•9 min
2
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
More in Internet
Internet
Brands complain of Zepto’s exploitative practices
Some companies that work with the five-year-old quick-commerce platform allege constant pressure to spend money and agree to its terms and conditions. Any attempt to question or rebut Zepto’s policies comes at a cost.
You may also like
Business
Within weeks, a wake-up call for digital fraudsters and independent directors
A correct summary of modern times is that there are decades when nothing happens and then there are weeks in which a lot comes to pass. Like these past few weeks.
Internet
Emergent’s ARR is all smoke and mirrors
The AI startup’s $100 million ARR claim does not quite add up even as Dream11—forced out of real-money gaming—prepares to take its massive user base into stockbroking.
Business
Adani and Ambani’s media bets sink deeper into the red
NDTV and Network18 are now firmly loss-making—and show little urgency to fix the fundamentals.