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For-profit colleges and universities : their markets, regulation, performance, and place in higher education / edited by Guilbert C. Hentschke, Vicente M. Lechuga, and William G. Tierney ; foreword by Marc Tucker.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- For-profit universities and colleges--United States.
- For-profit universities and colleges.
- Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (222 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sterling, Va. : Stylus, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book offers a clear-eyed and balanced analysis of for-profit colleges and universities, reviewing their history, business strategies, and management practices; setting them in the context of marketplace conditions, the framework of public policy and government regulations; and viewing them in the light of the public good. Individual chapters variously explore FPCU's governance, how they develop courses and programs, and the way they define faculty work; present findings from in-depth interviews with parttime and full-time faculty to understand how external forces and the imperative of pro
- Contents:
- Cover; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; 1. FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN A KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY; 2. EVOLVING MARKETS OF FOR-PROFIT HIGHER EDUCATION; 3. WHO ARE THEY? AND WHAT DO THEY DO?; 4. DIFFERENCES IN ACADEMIC WORK AT TRADITIONAL AND FOR-PROFIT POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS: Policy Implications for Academic Freedom; 5. MARKETS, REGULATION, AND PERFORMANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION; 6. ACCREDITATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY: The Role of For-Profit Education and National Accrediting Agencies; 7. A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON FOR-PROFIT HIGHER EDUCATION; 8. THE PUBLIC GOOD IN A CHANGING ECONOMY; APPENDIX A
- APPENDIX BAPPENDIX C; 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; X; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-00-344485-7
- 1-000-97297-6
- 1-003-44485-7
- 1-57922-527-6
- 9781003444855
- OCLC:
- 781635703
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