Graham Holdings ( and Kaplan) Report Third Quarter Earnings

02/18/2020
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Graham Holdings Company Reports Third Quarter Earnings ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 2, 2016– Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC) today reported income from continuing operations attributable to common shares of $33.1 million ($5.87 per share) for the third quarter of 2016, compared to a loss of $231.2 million ($40.32 per share) for the third quarter of 2015. Net loss attributable to common shares was $230.8 million ($40.25 per […]

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How to Make Sense of College Admissions Rankings

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(New York Times) By Frank Bruni —  Willard Dix is one of the crankiest observers of the college admissions process I know; he’s also one of the smartest. He worked at Amherst, his alma mater, then advised college-bound students at a private secondary school in Chicago. He now blogs about higher education. I asked him on the […]

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Penn developed an efficient way to read applications — and it’s encouraging other schools to get on board

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(The Daily Pennsylvanian) By Julia Bell —  Penn is encouraging other universities to pilot a team admissions strategy that Penn implemented four years ago — and Swarthmore has already adopted it. The tactic is used to increase efficiency, fairness and morale among college admission officers. Under the old system, admissions staff would divide applications and […]

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History of Test Prep: Match Group’s Profit Jumps as More Singles Pay for Online Dating

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(The Wall Street Journal)  By Georgia Wells — Match Group, the owner of online dating apps such as Tinder and Plenty of Fish, reported a profit of $56.4 million, compared with a profit of $35.3 million a year earlier. Analysts had projected profit of $40 million, according to a survey by FactSet. Dating revenue increased […]

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2020 Member Winter Survey Results

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Welcome to the results from our 2020 Member Survey.  For those of you who haven’t seen this before, we use this survey to determine what is covered at our annual conference.  If you want to get a sense of what has been covered in the past, please visit our Past Conference Agendas.  The survey itself […]

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