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Earnings from Learning : The Rise of for-Profit Universities.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY Series, Frontiers in Education SeriesPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (230 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780791481349
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Earnings from LearningDDC classification:
  • 338.4/3378
LOC classification:
  • LB2328.52.U6 -- E37 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Earnings From Learning -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Part 1. Theory -- 1. The Contemporary Provision ofFor-Profit Higher Education: Mapping the Competitive Market -- 2. Higher Education, Markets, and the Preservation of the Public Good -- 3. For-Profit Colleges in the Context of the Market for Higher Education -- Part 2. Practice -- 4. The University of Phoenix: Icon of For-Profit Higher Education -- 5. Profit Centers in Service to the Academic Core -- 6. The Market for Higher Education at a Distance: Traditional Institutions and the Costs of Instructional Technology -- Part 3. Political Economy -- 7. Capital Romance: Why Wall Street Fell in Love With Higher Education -- 8. A Crowded Lobby: Nonprofit and For-Profit Universities and the Emerging Politics of Higher Education -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: Documents the rise of for-profit education as a dynamic and powerful force in higher education.
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Intro -- Earnings From Learning -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Part 1. Theory -- 1. The Contemporary Provision ofFor-Profit Higher Education: Mapping the Competitive Market -- 2. Higher Education, Markets, and the Preservation of the Public Good -- 3. For-Profit Colleges in the Context of the Market for Higher Education -- Part 2. Practice -- 4. The University of Phoenix: Icon of For-Profit Higher Education -- 5. Profit Centers in Service to the Academic Core -- 6. The Market for Higher Education at a Distance: Traditional Institutions and the Costs of Instructional Technology -- Part 3. Political Economy -- 7. Capital Romance: Why Wall Street Fell in Love With Higher Education -- 8. A Crowded Lobby: Nonprofit and For-Profit Universities and the Emerging Politics of Higher Education -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Documents the rise of for-profit education as a dynamic and powerful force in higher education.

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