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One fear many educators have had about privatizing the community college model is that doing so might serve only wealthy, white students.

“Still, we wanted to ramp up our associate degree program but didn’t want to put start-up money into it. We thought we had an interesting concept and looked to partner with an investment group to get start-up funds and also get the enrollment moving along faster. We’ve always been a fairly entrepreneurial institution and have been willing to look at new options and opportunities.”

I wanted a partner that we would be comfortable with and for them to understand our commitment to keeping our reputation.”

All academic responsibilities and management, including course design and instruction, are controlled by Tiffin, which has hired additional faculty for Ivy Bridge. The “Cadillac enrollment management” of the college, as Slone calls it, is controlled by Altius.

he says his biggest challenge is determining how much remediation the institution should offer its least prepared students.