Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-206) and index.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.