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- February 2002 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Casuarinas Educational Corporation
By: Michael J. Roberts, Howard H. Stevenson and Matthew C. Leib
Casuarinas has developed a very successful elementary, now secondary, school based on excellence in teaching, service, and multilingual education. Peru lacks similar high-quality post-secondary institutions. This case focuses on the potential entry of Casuarinas into...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Higher Education;
Entrepreneurship;
Management;
Market Entry and Exit;
Planning;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Education Industry;
Peru
Roberts, Michael J., Howard H. Stevenson, and Matthew C. Leib. "Casuarinas Educational Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 802-083, February 2002. (Revised March 2003.)
- 28 Apr 2023
- News
Year Up Leads to Media Services Careers: Four Staff Stories
- September 2018
- Case
Advent International: Kroton Investment
By: Victoria Ivashina, Ruth Kostas and Priscilla Zogbi
Keywords:
Private Equity;
Acquisition;
IPO;
Valuation;
Education;
Distance Learning;
Turnaround;
Growth;
Exit;
PE;
Buyer;
Middle-class;
Low Income;
K-12;
Entrepreneur;
Family Business;
University;
College;
Consolidation;
Fragmentation;
Penetration;
Value;
Shares;
Control;
Negotiation;
Equity;
Transaction;
Board;
Majority;
Minority;
Post-secondary;
Leverage;
Campus;
Deal;
Shareholder;
Tag Along;
Brazil;
Latin America
Ivashina, Victoria, Ruth Kostas, and Priscilla Zogbi. "Advent International: Kroton Investment." Harvard Business School Case 219-035, September 2018.
- January 2024
- Article
Helping Children Catch Up: Early Life Shocks and the PROGRESA Experiment
By: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Theresa Molina, Anant Nyshadham and Jorge Tamayo
Can investing in children who faced adverse events in early childhood help them catch up? We answer this question using two orthogonal sources of variation – resource availability at birth (local rainfall) and cash incentives for school enrollment – to identify the...
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Adhvaryu, Achyuta, Theresa Molina, Anant Nyshadham, and Jorge Tamayo. "Helping Children Catch Up: Early Life Shocks and the PROGRESA Experiment." Economic Journal 134, no. 657 (January 2024): 1–22.
- April 2019 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
Western Governors University: 10x Vision
By: William R. Kerr and Susie L. Ma
Western Governors University (WGU) was a nonprofit institution of higher education whose online learning model served more than 100,000 students in 2019 and was scaling rapidly. President Scott Pulsipher wanted to expand WGU’s reach to millions more with a plan called...
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Keywords:
Online Education;
Enrollment;
Scaling;
Higher Education;
Internet and the Web;
Business Model;
Expansion;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Education Industry;
United States
Kerr, William R., and Susie L. Ma. "Western Governors University: 10x Vision." Harvard Business School Case 819-093, April 2019. (Revised June 2019.)
- September 2018
- Supplement
Advent International: Kroton Investment
By: Victoria Ivashina, Priscilla Zogbi and Ruth Kostas
Keywords:
Private Equity;
Acquisition;
IPO;
Valuation;
Education;
Distance Learning;
Turnaround;
Growth;
Exit;
PE;
Buyer;
Middle-class;
Low Income;
K-12;
Entrepreneur;
Family Business;
University;
College;
Consolidation;
Fragmentation;
Penetration;
Value;
Shares;
Control;
Negotiation;
Equity;
Transaction;
Board;
Majority;
Minority;
Post-secondary;
Leverage;
Campus;
Deal;
Shareholder;
Tag Along
- 2016
- Article
Does volunteering improve well-being?
By: A.V. Whillans, Scott C. Seider, Lihan Chen, Ryan J. Dwyer, Sarah Novick, Kathryn J. Gramigna, Brittany A. Mitchell, Victoria Savalei, Sally S. Dickerson and Elizabeth W. Dunn
Does volunteering causally improve well-being? To empirically test this question, we examined one instantiation of volunteering that is common at post-secondary institutions across North America: community service learning (CSL). CSL is a form of experiential learning...
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Whillans, A.V., Scott C. Seider, Lihan Chen, Ryan J. Dwyer, Sarah Novick, Kathryn J. Gramigna, Brittany A. Mitchell, Victoria Savalei, Sally S. Dickerson, and Elizabeth W. Dunn. "Does volunteering improve well-being?" Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology 1, nos. 1-3 (2016): 35–50.
- Web
International Applicants - MBA
Requirements An international applicant is required to hold a college or university degree equivalent to a four-year American baccalaureate degree. Equivalent degrees include international three-year bachelor degree programs. All View Details
- 28 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can Apprenticeships Work in the US? Employers Seeking New Talent Pipelines Take Note
switched to a new employer 27 percent left employment to attend college or another post-secondary education program 22 percent returned to high school Five percent were neither working nor in school [div class=infogram-embed...
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by Michael Blanding
- Web
The Disruptive Voice - Forum for Growth & Innovation
which circumstances; the Cadillac versus the KIA of mentoring organizations and strategies; performance metrics; the rise of chat bots, and more! Julia also shines a light on the new playbook created by The Clayton Christensen Institute, designed to support K-12 and...
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- Web
Recommended Reading - Advancing Racial Equity
Post-Secondary Education By: R.J. Gilmour The now notorious Maclean’s article “Too Asian?” from the magazine’s 2010 campus issue has sparked a national furor about race in Canadian higher education. Since the founding of the federal...
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- Web
Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 1) - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- 30 Jun 2020
Diverse Perspectives Series: First Gen @ HBS
Join us for a live panel discussion with second year students at HBS, who will share their stories, strategies and insights on laying the foundation for post-secondary success and thriving and succeeding in business school.
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- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
nationwide phenomenon. Certainly, when I talk to fellow CEOs—whether they’re health insurance, healthcare, or they’re in some other business entirely—there just aren’t enough trained students coming out of America’s post-secondary...
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- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
post-secondary education, yet only 51 percent of the state’s population has any post-secondary credential. Community colleges are essential in addressing this disparity. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, an...
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Keywords:
Jennifer Gillespie
- Web
2.3.2 Hazing - MBA
institution of secondary education and each public or private institution of post-secondary education shall, at least annually, before or at the start of enrollment, deliver to each person who enrolls as a full-time student in such...
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- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Are Assets Only for America’s Wealthy?
stipulation that savings are intended for asset-building purposes only—for real estate investment, post-secondary education, and building a small business, for example. IDA participants would be required to receive some form of financial...
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by Carla Tishler
- 12 Feb 2016
- Op-Ed
The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills
could aspire to a more prosperous future. Second, when jobs disappear, the skills of a workforce atrophy over time. That is especially true of the middle-skills jobs that require some post-secondary training but don’t require a college...
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- 13 Apr 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
could take hundreds of years, but there is happiness in the daily pursuit of making a difference.” Rewane sees the transformative power of the program every day as hopeful, hard-working students—some micro entrepreneurs, many unemployed youth who lack View Details
Keywords:
Jill Radsken