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Higher Ed, inc. : the rise of the for-profit university

Title: Higher Ed, inc. : the rise of the for-profit university / Richard S. Ruch.
Author: Ruch, Richard S.
Publication: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2001.

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xi, 182 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-[171]) and index.

Contents

Foreword / George Keller -- Confessions of a For-Profit Dean -- The Players -- The History of For-Profit Education in the United States -- The Financing of For-Profit Higher Education -- The Academic Culture of For-Profit Universities -- Lessons from the For-Profit Side.

ISBN

0801866782
9780801866784

LCCN

00011514

OCLC

ocm45066387
45066387
SCSB-8903398

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Princeton University Library