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Title:
For-profit colleges and universities : their markets, regulation, performance, and place in higher education / edited by Guilbert C. Hentschke, Vicente M. Lechuga, and William G. Tierney ; foreword by Marc Tucker.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Stylus Pub.,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
ix, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject:
For-profit universities and colleges--United States.
Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.
Other Authors:
Hentschke, Guilbert C.
Lechuga, Vicente M.
Tierney, William G.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The public good in a changing economy / William G. Tierney. Evolving markets of for-profit higher education / Guilbert C. Hentschke -- Who are they? and what do they do? / Vicente M. Lechuga -- Differences in academic work at traditional and for-profit postsecondary institutions: policy implications for academic freedom / William G. Tierney and Vicente M. Lechuga -- Markets, regulation, and performance in higher education / Mark L. Pelesh -- Accreditation and accountability: the role of for-profit education and national accrediting agencies / Elise Scanlon and Michale S. McComis -- A global perspective on for-profit higher education / Kevin Kinser -- The public good in a changing economy / William G. Tierney.
ISBN:
1579224253 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781579224257 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1579224245 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781579224240 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)432653920
LCCN:
2009032275
Locations:
PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

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