Indian university buys Long Island campus, cancels other proposed purchases under regulatory scrutiny

Inside Higher Ed: A private Indian university system planning to expand into the U.S. recently purchased a 170-acre, 11-building campus on Long Island but has canceled plans to acquire two campuses of the for-profit Art Institutes, one in Boston and one in New York City, after the deal came under scrutiny from state regulators in Massachusetts.

Aseem Chauhan, Amity University's chancellor, said the university had been "taken by surprise" by negative media attention it received after the Massachusetts attorney general issued a news release raising concerns about its proposed purchase of the New England Institute of Art (NEIA).

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