Mr. Urdan has covered the for-profit education industry as a research analyst for nine years and has twice been cited as an All-Star analyst by the Wall Street Journal. Mr. Urdan is well-known as the editor of a weekly industry newsletter and is widely-cited as an expert on the topics of for-profit education and e-learning. He recently testified before the Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education. Prior to joining Signal Hill, Mr. Urdan headed education research for Robert W. Baird & Co. Before beginning his career as an investment research analyst with DB Alex. Brown, Mr. Urdan held senior management positions within Time Inc. and KPMG Peat Marwick. Mr. Urdan earned his BA degree from Yale University and his MBA from Harvard Business School. |