“Does the possible sale of the University of Phoenix to a public university system signal the demise of the for-profit higher education sector that Phoenix once epitomized?

This week’s episode of The Key analyzes the implications of recent news that a nonprofit affiliated with the University of Arkansas system might buy the former giant among for-profit colleges. Joining the discussion are Kevin Kinser, who heads the department of Education Policy Studies at Pennsylvania State University; Julie Peller, executive director of the nonprofit Higher Learning Advocates and a longtime expert on federal higher ed policy; and Paul Fain, who edits a weekly newsletter called The Job and a former editor of Inside Higher Ed.

The episode focuses less on the possible sale of Phoenix—about which details remain sketchy—than on the overall state of for-profit institutions, the changing definition of “for-profit” in higher education and how to regulate the increasingly blurry landscape of postsecondary education and training.”

Listen to The Key podcast hosted by Inside Higher Ed