Earnings from Learning : The Rise of For-Profit Universities,9780791468395

Earnings from Learning : The Rise of For-Profit Universities

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ISBN13: 9780791468395
ISBN10: 0791468399
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-10-06
Publisher(s): State Univ of New York Pr
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Table of Contents

Introduction ix
David W. Breneman
PART 1. THEORY
The Contemporary Provision of For-Profit Higher Education: Mapping the Competitive Market
3(20)
David W. Breneman
Brian Pusser
Sarah E. Turner
Higher Education, Markets, and the Preservation of the Public Good
23(28)
Brian Pusser
For-Profit Colleges in the Context of the Market for Higher Education
51(20)
Sarah E. Turner
PART 2. PRACTICE
The University of Phoenix: Icon of For-Profit Higher Education
71(22)
David W. Breneman
Profit Centers in Service to the Academic Core
93(20)
Dudley J. Doane
Brian Pusser
The Market for Higher Education at a Distance: Traditional Institutions and the Costs of Instructional Technology
113(32)
Saul Fisher
PART 3. POLITICAL ECONOMY
Capital Romance: Why Wall Street Fell in Love with Higher Education
145(22)
Andreas Ortmann
A Crowded Lobby: Nonprofit and For-Profit Universities and the Emerging Politics of Higher Education
167(28)
Brian Pusser
David A. Wolcott
Contributors 195(2)
Index 197

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