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Opinion: How “Shareholder Value” Is Destroying For-Profit, Career Colleges
It may mean for-profit companies going private. It may mean reversing shareholder structures where enlightened owners or foundations control the bulk of voting rights. It may mean family ownership structures that put managers with long-term views in the driver’s seat and causes interested investors to realize they are in the back seat as one of many stakeholders.
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