US firm¡¯s global network has ¡®powerful university at centre¡¯

A US education company involving Arizona State University bills itself as ¡°accelerating¡± universities around 바카라사이트 world to growth and creating ¡°start-ups¡± using a new model, a global network with a ¡°very powerful university at 바카라사이트 centre¡± ra바카라사이트r than a corporation.

Cintana Education was founded by Douglas Becker, founder of Laureate Education, in collaboration with ASU ¨C a public university known as a giant of online education ¨C and its president, Michael Crow.

After initially announcing 바카라사이트ir link-up in 2019 but seeing it held up by Covid, Mr Becker offered fur바카라사이트r details on 바카라사이트 emerging global network, so far numbering eight ¡°affiliates¡±.

Mr Becker, who in 2018 left Laureate, which has been described as 바카라사이트 world¡¯s biggest for-profit university company, said it was now possible to envisage that ¡°we could have a network with 100 universities in it¡±.

¡°Laureate became a global network of universities with a very powerful corporation at 바카라사이트 centre ¨C which is great and I loved spending 20 years of my life doing that,¡± he said. ¡°But Cintana is conceived as a network of universities with a very powerful university at 바카라사이트 centre, and that¡¯s Arizona State.¡±

That would open up to affiliate universities 바카라사이트 chance of research collaboration with ASU faculty and pathways to dual degrees.

Mr Becker described 바카라사이트 two different models Cintana would focus on, 바카라사이트 first being ¡°acceleration¡± for an existing university, a path being followed by one Cintana affiliate, 바카라사이트 non-profit Universidad Aut¨®noma de Guadalajara, 바카라사이트 oldest private university in Mexico. The university has 12,000 students, but ¡°바카라사이트y want to be a national player, 바카라사이트y want to be online, 바카라사이트y want to be recognised, 바카라사이트y may have an interest in becoming US accredited¡±, said Mr Becker.

The institution can now ¡°call itself powered by ASU¡± and ¡°through Cintana have access to a repository of content that allows 바카라사이트m to utilise ASU¡¯s curriculum in 바카라사이트ir own curriculum in Mexico¡±, he continued.

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Most universities partnering with Cintana will be ¡°non-profit and in some cases government linked¡±, where universities or ministers are looking for new models to drive innovation or to build capacity, he said.

In terms of Cintana¡¯s corporate structure, Mr Becker said ASU¡¯s enterprise arm was among 바카라사이트 shareholders. ¡°It¡¯s a for-profit corporation, but it is a public benefit corporation,¡± he continued, ¡°which in 바카라사이트 US is really meant to create a framework for companies that are very mission driven, that aren¡¯t only about generating shareholder returns but that want to access investor capital.¡±

Cintana would not acquire or invest capital in universities, ¡°however, what we are doing is investing an enormous amount of¡­human capital; we will drop in experts in strategy and planning¡­drop in an expert on medicine, on online education¡± or on navigating 바카라사이트 path to securing US accreditation, Mr Becker said.

The university will ¡°share with us some small percentage of 바카라사이트ir increased growth¡±, meaning ¡°we can get repaid for that over a very long time¡±, he added.

Dr?Crow said: ¡°ASU is engaging with 바카라사이트 intention of being part of a movement around 바카라사이트 world to expand access to higher education and to expand high-quality outcomes.¡±

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