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Earnings from learning : the rise of for-profit universities

Title
Earnings from learning : the rise of for-profit universities / edited by David W. Breneman, Brian Pusser, and Sarah E. Turner.
Publication
Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Breneman, David W.
  • Pusser, Brian.
  • Turner, Sarah E., 1966-
Description
xv, 212 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
SUNY series, frontiers in education
Uniform Title
SUNY series, frontiers in education
Subject
  • For-profit universities and colleges > United States
  • Education, Higher > Economic aspects > United States
  • Education, Higher > Economic aspects
  • For-profit universities and colleges
  • Privatuniversität
  • United States
  • USA
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The contemporary provision of for-profit higher education : mapping the competitive market / David W. Breneman, Brian Pusser, and Sarah E. Turner -- Higher education, markets, and the preservation of the public good / Brian Pusser -- For-profit colleges in the context of the market for higher education / Sarah E. Turner -- The university of Phoenix : icon of for-profit higher education / David W. Breneman -- Profit centers in service to the academic core / Dudley J. Doane and Brian Pusser -- The market for higher education at a distance : traditional institutions and the costs of instructional technology / Saul Fisher -- Capital romance : why wall street fell in love with higher education / Andreas Ortmann -- A crowded lobby : nonprofit and for-profit universities and the emerging politics of higher education / Brian Pusser and David A. Wolcott.
ISBN
  • 0791468399
  • 9780791468395
  • 0791468402
  • 9780791468401
LCCN
  • 2005026765
  • 9780791468401
  • 9780791468395
OCLC
  • ocm61651813
  • 61651813
  • SCSB-8903498
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library