For-Profit Company Buys South U.By ELIZABETH F. FARRELLEducation Management Corporation announced plans last month to buy the four campuses of South University for $50-million. The deal is the latest in a series of recent purchases made by large for-profit education companies attempting to broaden their course offerings in the health sciences. In the largest such transaction, Career Education Corporation announced in... Copyright © 2008 by The Chronicle of Higher Education Subscribe | About The Chronicle | Contact us | Terms of use | Privacy policy | Help |