Paul Freedman’s last big venture in higher education did not end well. But apparently he rebounds fast.
Less than two years after being ordered by an accreditor to shutter the 2,500-student Ivy Bridge College at Tiffin University and then selling most of what was left of his Altius Education to another company, Mr. Freedman is back on the ed-tech scene with an unusual business approach designed to bridge the gap between what colleges actually need and what Silicon Valley-type companies are creating.
Image: Noah Berger for The Chronicle “The fundamental problem is a translation problem,” says Paul Freedman of the disconnect between what colleges need and what ed-tech companies are offering. “I can be a translator.”
