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...judge ruled in favor of the Tribune, saying the Daily was not a freestanding non-profit organization as it had claimed. Iowa laws allow independent organizations to compete freely with private businesses, while government organizations may not due to anti-competition laws, Wirt said...
Last November, ACT Inc. filed a federal lawsuit against Sylvan Learning Systems for making a deal with the Chauncy Group, a for-profit subsidiary of the non-profit ETS. Sylvan Learning Systems and the Chauncy Group had made a deal so that they could offer students the computer-based GRE (ETS otherwise lacks the computers to offer the test nationwide...
...problem with the deal was that Sylvan Learning Systems now had unfair control over educational testing by making a deal with a non-profit. Furthermore, other critics point out that ETS still maintains status as a nonprofit while making revenues of $411 million a year. So that's where our test-taking fees end up. But what few people have focused on, and what is most astounding, is that ETS has started to market its own test preparation guides. They even use the slogan-would you believe this?!- "we prepare the tests, let us help prepare you." And although...
...give universities a standard by which to judge admissible students. Because its primary mission was educational, ETS was granted non-profit status. Since then, its business has grown to include testing services for graduate schools, immigrants, and teachers...
...event planned for this year will be a "Uno-thon." Students will play Uno continuously in an effort to raise money for Comic Relief, a non-profit...