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Author:
Berg, Gary A., 1955-
Title:
Lessons from the edge : for-profit and nontraditional higher education in America / Gary A. Berg.
Publisher:
Praeger,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
xi, 214 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.
Private universities and colleges--Economic aspects--United States.
Public universities and colleges--Economic aspects--United States.
For-profit universities and colleges--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-209) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : building "educational hobo jungles"? -- Soft in the middle : current challenges in higher education -- The surprising story of for-profit and nontraditional higher education in America -- Missions : who are you? -- Junkyard dogs : the culture and rhetoric of for-profits -- Organizational structure : managers not administrators -- "Creative tension" : decision-making process at for-profit universities -- Faculties -- Challenges for the for-profits -- Conclusion.
Series:
ACE/Praeger series on higher education
ISBN:
9780275982584 (alk. paper)
0275982580 (alk. paper)
0275988961 (pbk : alk. paper)
9780275988968 (pbk : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)57623223
LCCN:
2004016586
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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