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04173aam a2200469 a 4500 001 EBDBDEF60C3211E1A5C11D996AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20111111010101 008 110510s2012 miua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2011018408 020 $a 0737758376 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780737758375 (pbk.) 020 $a 0737758368 (hardcover) 020 $a 9780737758368 (hardcover) 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a LB2328.52.U6 $b F68 2011 082 00 $a 378.73 $2 23 245 0 $a For-profit education / $c Mitchell Young, book editor. 260 $a Detroit : $b Greenhaven Press, $c c2012. 300 $a 219 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Opposing viewpoints. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-206) and index. 505 0 $a Does for-profit education meet the needs of school children? For-profit and privately managed schools benefit children in low-performing districts / Lisa Snell -- For-profit education profits big business, not students / Stephen L. Lendman -- Politics plays a role in evaluating the results of for-profit schools / Keith B. Richburg -- For-profit alternative schools take advantage of failing students / Joel Rubin ; Nancy Cleeland -- Buyers of educational services must be wary if children and taxpayers are to benefit / Chester E. Finn Jr. ; Frederick M. Hess -- Does for-profit education meet the needs of college students? For-profit colleges serve non-traditional students well / Michael Seiden -- For-profit colleges recruit students who are unprepared for college / Joshua Woods -- For-profit education provides practical and convenient instruction / Hans Schatz -- Recruiters for for-profit institutions mislead potential students / Gregory Kutz -- Federal regulations will increase oversight of student debt at for-profit colleges / Katherine Mangu-Ward -- Threat of regulation has led for-profit colleges to reform themselves / The Economist -- Is for-profit education a viable business model? Making a profit from schools requires careful management of costs / Steven F. Wilson -- Profit-seeking educational institutions use dollars efficiently / Neal McCluskey -- Nonprofit charter schools hide for-profit real estate deals / Jennie Smith -- The for-profit business model dominates discourse about education / Thomas Nelson ; Bruce A. Jones -- Public schools rely increasingly on private contractors / Patricia Burch -- What is the future role of for-profit education in the United States? Fully funded school choice will give a role to for-profit education / Scott Franklin Abernathy -- The government seeks to suppress for-profit higher education / Brian Darling -- Voucher programs are key to improving public schools / Greg Forster -- Voucher programs lead to government interference in private schools / Gregory Rome ; Walter Block -- Entrepreneurs are selling e-learning to traditional public schools / Constance Gustke -- The partisan debate over privatization of education will continue / Jeffrey R. Henig. 520 $a This volume explores the topics relating to for-profit education by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions. 650 0 $a Business and education. 650 0 $a For-profit universities and colleges. 650 0 $a Education, Higher $x Economic aspects. 650 0 $a Private schools. 700 1 $a Young, Mitchell. 830 0 $a Opposing viewpoints series. 941 $a 8 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417012717.0 952 $l IBAX173 $d 20180307023843.0 952 $l OQAX737 $d 20170815012238.0 952 $l PGAX715 $d 20150507141833.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20150505014623.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20140415021253.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20120112023741.0 952 $l UUAX975 $d 20111206012829.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EBDBDEF60C3211E1A5C11D996AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search