Higher Ed, Inc.
The Rise of the For-Profit University
by Richard S. Ruch
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
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Higher Ed, Inc: The Rise of the for-Profit University
2003, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English
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Higher Ed, Inc.: The Rise of the For-Profit University
July 7, 2003, The Johns Hopkins University Press
Paperback
in English
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Higher Ed, Inc.: The Rise of the For-Profit University
March 28, 2001, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press
Hardcover
in English
0801866782 9780801866784
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"I must confess that until a few years ago I thought that all proprietary institutions were the scum of the academic earth."
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