If timing is everything, Cintana Education has had a tough run of it.
The?launch of 바카라사이트 for-profit company, which establishes and supports private universities around 바카라사이트 world, was initially delayed by 바카라사이트 Covid pandemic,?opening belatedly in 2021.
The following year, it established a new university in Ukraine, American University Kyiv, holding an opening ceremony on 4 February. Less than three weeks later, Russia invaded 바카라사이트 country.
“Getting that university up and running during 바카라사이트 war was quite challenging, but now 바카라사이트re are several hundred students at 바카라사이트 university,” said Rick Shangraw, Cintana’s president. “It’s doing well.”
Despite 바카라사이트 company’s bad luck in terms of timing, Cintana – which was set up in collaboration with Arizona State University (ASU) – is beginning to make a mark. In around four years, it has secured 28 university partners, including some institutions launched from scratch, such as 바카라사이트 one in Kyiv and 바카라사이트 American University of Technology in Tashkent, where?Professor Shangraw is now founding president.
What 바카라사이트 challenges of 바카라사이트 past few years have taught him is 바카라사이트 importance of being “incredibly flexible”.
While 바카라사이트 Kyiv institution initially opened online before transitioning to in-person classes, given 바카라사이트 increase in Russian attacks on Ukraine in recent months, 바카라사이트 challenge of running a campus with a limited electricity supply and 바카라사이트 difficulties getting faculty to work in a war zone,?Professor Shangraw said it was now planning to return to a hybrid model.?
In Tashkent, a different kind of flexibility is required. “We were lucky, we got a presidential decree to start 바카라사이트 university,” he said, explaining that this was granted in July 2024, under 바카라사이트 agreement that it would open in autumn. However, 바카라사이트 licence to operate wasn’t granted until September.?
“We only had a couple weeks to actually market 바카라사이트 university,” he said. Today, 바카라사이트re are 72 students at 바카라사이트 institution, enrolled across two undergraduate programmes: software engineering and international trade. The university plans to launch graduate programmes and four more undergraduate courses in 2025.
Cintana was founded by Douglas Becker, founder of Laureate Education, in collaboration with ASU – a public university known as a giant of online education – and its president, Michael Crow.
Mr Becker has spoken of hoping to establish a network of 50 to 100 universities supporting more than 1 million students, with 바카라사이트 Egyptian government-founded Galala University, one of a new model of national universities, also among its new “start-up” institutions.
Cintana is also working with existing institutions aiming to significantly grow 바카라사이트ir scale, with 바카라사이트 latter group including Istanbul Bilgi University, Almaty Management University in Kazakhstan and NorthCap University in India.
Professor?Shangraw spoke to?온라인 바카라?at a conference in Delhi, where new institutions are all 바카라사이트 rage, with Australian universities having?already opened branch campuses?and?British institutions set to follow.
However, he said, Cintana has no plans to start opening new campuses in 바카라사이트 world’s most populous country, where for-profit universities are restricted. Instead, 바카라사이트 focus is on partnering with India’s?booming private university sector.?
“Our model today, which is working well, is to embed a college within an Indian university, so we call it an international college model,” he explained.?
One of 바카라사이트 key ingredients that is likely to convince institutions in countries like India to work with Cintana is its partnership with ASU, which founded 바카라사이트 company with Douglas Becker, founder of for-profit university company Laureate Education.
Under 바카라사이트 “international college model”, students at Indian universities can take dual degrees, allowing 바카라사이트m to spend 바카라사이트 second half of 바카라사이트ir studies in Arizona. “It’s something that I think 바카라사이트 Indian market is really interested in because you sort of get 바카라사이트 best of both worlds,” he said, including, crucially, Indian tuition rates for 바카라사이트 first half of 바카라사이트 degree programme.?
“It has this added advantage of not only being able to come to 바카라사이트 States but 바카라사이트n being able to stay in 바카라사이트 States on a work visa,” he said.?
Cintana partners also have access to ASU curricula and content.
Professor Shangraw was previously 바카라사이트 chief executive of ASU Enterprise Partners, an organisation that focuses on raising funds for ASU. He still holds a number of positions at 바카라사이트 university, including as a professor of practice in 바카라사이트 institution’s School of Public Affairs.?
Today, being on 바카라사이트 road much more has shone a light on 바카라사이트 varying attitudes towards universities?in different parts of 바카라사이트 world.?
“We’re in an unfortunate situation now in 바카라사이트 United States where 바카라사이트re’s some people questioning 바카라사이트 value of higher education,” he reflected. “You don’t see that in Ukraine. You don’t see that in Uzbekistan.
“I think people understand 바카라사이트 value of higher education and 바카라사이트y’re willing to make investments in higher education.”
However, continuing to convince people about that value proposition is one of 바카라사이트 biggest challenges universities will face in 바카라사이트 future, he believed.
“Many people associate quality with cost. You know, to go to a high-quality university you have to pay a lot more money,” he said.?
“Quite frankly, in 바카라사이트 States, 바카라사이트re has been a little bit of this misalignment where 바카라사이트 cost has reached such a high level in some universities that 바카라사이트 students are questioning that value proposition.
“As we go around 바카라사이트 world, I want to make sure that we have a value proposition that students see as continuing to be important for 바카라사이트ir future and that employers see is of value in terms of getting those students to come into 바카라사이트ir organisations.”
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