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Higher Ed, inc : the rise of the for-profit university / Richard S. Ruch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruch, Richard S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universities and colleges--United States--Finance.
- Universities and colleges.
- Proprietary schools--United States--Finance.
- Proprietary schools.
- Vocational education--United States.
- Vocational education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (199 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-[171]) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-7680-X
- OCLC:
- 70740842
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