# Professor Sabrina Howell explains the impact private equity investment in for-profit colleges has on student outcomes, from her recent joint research

1 Faculty News September 9, 2018 ![MarketWatch logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/marketwatch%20logo.jpg?itok=pHUVfozf)>

Excerpt from [MarketWatch](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/when-private-equity-firms-buy-colleges-students-often-pay-more-2018-09-07) -- "'Private equity-owned schools are better at capturing government aid and that is coming at the expense of student outcomes, said Sabrina Howell, a finance professor at NYU Stern and one of the authors of the study."

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