Earnings from Learning

The Rise of For-Profit Universities

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

AvDavid W. Breneman,Brian Pusser,Sarah E. Turner,David W Breneman,Sarah E Turner

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Documents the rise of for-profit education as a dynamic and powerful force in higher education.Earnings from Learning examines the historical and contemporary factors that have fueled the rise of postsecondary for-profit, degree-granting institutions as a dynamic and powerful force in education. The contributors focus on such institutions as the University of Phoenix, DeVry, and Strayer to present theoretically grounded and data-driven research from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. They document unprecedented shifts in the postsecondary political economy and landscape and evaluate the implications for nonprofit institutions, including understanding the public and private benefits of higher education, postsecondary access and success, institutional resource allocation, competition, governance, and technology.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-10-12
Mått161 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt318 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series, Frontiers in Education
Antal sidor228
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791468401

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At the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education, David W. Breneman is University Professor and Dean, Brian Pusser is Associate Professor of Education, and Sarah E. Turner is Associate Professor of Education and Economics. Breneman's previous books include Liberal Arts Colleges: Thriving, Surviving, or Endangered? and Pusser is the author of Burning Down the House: Politics, Governance, and Affirmative Action at the University of California, also published by SUNY Press.

IntroductionDavid W. BrenemanPart I. Theory 1. The Contemporary Provision of For-Profit Higher Education: Mapping the Competitive MarketDavid W. Breneman, Brian Pusser, and Sarah E. Turner2. Higher Education, Markets, and the Preservation of the Public GoodBrian Pusser3. For-Profit Colleges in the Context of the Market for Higher EducationSarah E. TurnerPart II. Practice 4. The University of Phoenix: Icon of For-Profit Higher EducationDavid W. Breneman5. Profit Centers in Service to the Academic CoreDudley J. Doane and Brian Pusser6. The Market for Higher Education at a Distance: Traditional Institutions and the Costs of Instructional TechnologySaul FisherPart III. Political Economy 7. Capital Romance: Why Wall Street Fell in Love with Higher EducationAndreas Ortmann8. A Crowded Lobby: Nonprofit and For-Profit Universities in the Emerging Politics of Higher EducationBrian Pusser and David A. Wolcott ContributorsIndex