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1 online resource (xi, 182 pages) : illustrations |
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Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Confessions of a For-Profit Dean -- 2 The Players -- 3 The History of For-Profit Education in the United States -- 4 The Financing of For-Profit Higher Education -- 5 The Academic Culture of For-Profit Universities -- 6 Lessons from the For-Profit Side -- Notes -- Index |
| Summary |
"In Higher Ed, Inc., Ruch opens up the discussion about for-profit higher education from the perspective of a participant-observer. Focusing on five providers - the Apollo Group (the University of Phoenix); Argosy Education Group (the American Schools of Professional Psychology); DeVry, Inc. (DeVry Institutes of Technology); Education Management Corporation (the Art Institutes International); and Strayer Education (Strayer University) - he conveys for the first time what it feels like to be inside this new kind of American institution. He is also candid about the less attractive aspects of the for-profit colleges, including what those who enroll may give up. As Ruch makes clear, the major for-profit colleges and universities offer a different approach to higher education - one that may be increasingly influential in the future."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-171) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Universities and colleges -- United States -- Finance
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Proprietary schools -- United States -- Finance
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Vocational education -- United States.
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Private schools -- United States -- Finance
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Private schools -- Finance
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Universities and colleges -- Finance
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Vocational education
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Universiteiten.
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Financiën.
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Winst.
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Commerciële organisatie.
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United States
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
080187680X |
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9780801876806 |
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0801866782 |
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9780801866784 |
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