For-Profit Universities The Shifting Landscape of Marketized Higher Education /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: McMillan Cottom, Tressie (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Darity, Jr., William A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Θέματα: Evolutionary economics.; Industrial organization.; Education > Economic aspects.; Economics.; Education Economics.; Institutional/Evolutionary Economics.; Industrial Organization.

This edited volume proposes that the phenomenon of private sector, financialized higher education expansion in the United States benefits from a range of theoretical and methodological treatments. Social scientists, policy analysts, researches, and for-profit sector leaders discuss how and to what e...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. What is the Difference? Public Funding of For-Profit, Not-for-Profit, and Public Institutions
• 3. For-Profit Higher Education in the United Kingdom: The Politics of Market Creation
• 4. For-Profit Universities through the Eyes of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System: Warts and All
• 5. Social Capital and For-Profit Post-Secondary Institutions: A Planned Study
• 6. Stratification and the Public Good: The Changing Ideology of Higher Education
• 7. Who Attends For-Profit Institutions? The Enrollment Landscape
• 8. Enrollment and Degree Completion at For-Profit Colleges versus Traditional Institutions. .