Earnings from Learning
The Rise of For-Profit Universities
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2012
228 pages
978-0-7914-8134-9 (ISBN)
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Documents the rise of for-profit education as a dynamic and powerful force in higher education.
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David W. Breneman | Brian Pusser | Sarah E. Turner
Earnings from Learning
The Rise of For-Profit Universities
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10/2006
State University of New York Press
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David W. Breneman | Brian Pusser | Sarah E. Turner
Earnings from Learning
The Rise of For-Profit Universities
Book
10/2006
State University of New York Press
€34.00
Shipment within 10-20 days
Persons
At the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education, David W. Breneman is University Professor and Dean, Brian Pusser is Associate Professor of Education, and Sarah E. Turner is Associate Professor of Education and Economics. Breneman's previous books include Liberal Arts Colleges: Thriving, Surviving, or Endangered? and Pusser is the author of Burning Down the House: Politics, Governance, and Affirmative Action at the University of California, also published by SUNY Press.
Content
Introduction
David W. Breneman
Part I. Theory
1. The Contemporary Provision of For-Profit Higher Education: Mapping the Competitive Market
David W. Breneman, Brian Pusser, and Sarah E. Turner
2. Higher Education, Markets, and the Preservation of the Public Good
Brian Pusser
3. For-Profit Colleges in the Context of the Market for Higher Education
Sarah E. Turner
Part II. Practice
4. The University of Phoenix: Icon of For-Profit Higher Education
David W. Breneman
5. Profit Centers in Service to the Academic Core
Dudley J. Doane and Brian Pusser
6. The Market for Higher Education at a Distance: Traditional Institutions and the Costs of Instructional Technology
Saul Fisher
Part III. Political Economy
7. Capital Romance: Why Wall Street Fell in Love with Higher Education
Andreas Ortmann
8. A Crowded Lobby: Nonprofit and For-Profit Universities in the Emerging Politics of Higher Education
Brian Pusser and David A. Wolcott Contributors
Index
David W. Breneman
Part I. Theory
1. The Contemporary Provision of For-Profit Higher Education: Mapping the Competitive Market
David W. Breneman, Brian Pusser, and Sarah E. Turner
2. Higher Education, Markets, and the Preservation of the Public Good
Brian Pusser
3. For-Profit Colleges in the Context of the Market for Higher Education
Sarah E. Turner
Part II. Practice
4. The University of Phoenix: Icon of For-Profit Higher Education
David W. Breneman
5. Profit Centers in Service to the Academic Core
Dudley J. Doane and Brian Pusser
6. The Market for Higher Education at a Distance: Traditional Institutions and the Costs of Instructional Technology
Saul Fisher
Part III. Political Economy
7. Capital Romance: Why Wall Street Fell in Love with Higher Education
Andreas Ortmann
8. A Crowded Lobby: Nonprofit and For-Profit Universities in the Emerging Politics of Higher Education
Brian Pusser and David A. Wolcott Contributors
Index
