Claire Marchal, a former student in the Master's program in journalism and international issues (MJEI), has just published an investigative book on the private higher education courses offered by the Galileo group. Entitled Le Cube, the book is published by Flammarion.
The MJEI master's program explores long formats through a number of courses... and the survey is one of them. This book is an example of the bridges that lead from training to professional journalism! After her Master's degree, Claire Marchal worked for Cash Investigation, Complément d'enquête and Envoyé spécial.
Publisher's presentation
Le Cube
Revelations about the excesses of private higher education
Over the past decade, enrolment in private higher education has risen by 72%, mainly in for-profit establishments. This growth has benefited large groups, some of which have become powerful multinationals. Their leader, Galileo Global Education, has even built an empire: sales of 1 billion euros, 210,000 students, 61 higher education institutions - including Cours Florent, EM Lyon and Penninghen - in 18 countries.
Officially, it's all about student well-being, with a single goal in mind for the parents of the students who pay thousands of euros: to spread knowledge. But every morning, Galileo executives also have another obsession: consulting the Cube, the matrix for optimizing profits.
After two years of investigation, 150 eyewitness accounts and almost 1,000 exclusive documents, Claire Marchal was able to get to the heart of the Cube. In many ways, it's an astonishing journey, one that highlights the omnipresence of profit.
