Why Capella Education Company laid off 63 people

“2011 was a year marked by a challenging economic environment and increased competition for the high-quality learners Capella serves.”

Capella Education Company CEO Kevin Gilligan on last year’s revenue drop and news that it had to lay off 63 non-faculty positions. The company owns Capella University.

(Note: The previous version of this post had an incorrect statement about the timing of the layoffs. They happened last year, a company spokesman told me.)

Read the full Reuters story here.

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Alex Friedrich

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Alex Friedrich reports on higher education issues for MPR News. Among the stories he has covered: the fall of the Berlin Wall, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, 2003 Moscow suicide bombing and 2004 presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s in European political economy from the London School of Economics.