For-profit Kaplan using state budget crisis in PR campaign
When Kaplan University announced a partnership with California community colleges to offer Kaplan courses at a discounted rate, the for-profit college giant made no reference to the state's fiscal crisis in its carefully wordedpress release.
Flickr photo by Konstantin SutyaginYou had to read between the lines to get the message that Kaplan was capitalizing on the state's inability to offer public college students some of the courses they needed, when they needed them.
Under that deal, students got the chance to take a Kaplan class for about 10 times the price of a community college class, instead of the full cost of 18 times the price of a community college class.
FPPC says bond campaigns can't use taxpayer money
Flickr photo by Konstantin SutyaginUnder that deal, students got the chance to take a Kaplan class for about 10 times the price of a community college class, instead of the full cost of 18 times the price of a community college class.
FPPC says bond campaigns can't use taxpayer money
The Fair Political Practices Commission last week denied a petition filed by a coalition of local government groups challenging the commission's authority to prohibit them from using tax money to persuade voters to support local bond measures.
Photo by David Siqueira
The LA Times sums up the meeting here.
Last week, we reported that at least one of the groups petitioning the FPPC, the California League of Cities, said that filing a lawsuit to challenge the regulation wasn't out of the question. If the petitions were denied, the organization's general counsel, Patrick Whitnell, said the League and its co-petitioners will consider new strategies, "which could include the filing of a lawsuit," he wrote.
Photo by David SiqueiraThe LA Times sums up the meeting here.
Last week, we reported that at least one of the groups petitioning the FPPC, the California League of Cities, said that filing a lawsuit to challenge the regulation wasn't out of the question. If the petitions were denied, the organization's general counsel, Patrick Whitnell, said the League and its co-petitioners will consider new strategies, "which could include the filing of a lawsuit," he wrote.
