Lower Ed
The Troubling Rise of For-profit Colleges in the New Economy
New York : The New Press, 2017.
Format: Book
Description: 228 pages ; 22 cm
"Drawing on her personal experience as a former counselor at two for-profit colleges and interviews with students, senior executives and activists, a renowned sociologist reveals how for-profit schools have become so successful and deciphers the benefits, credentials pitfalls and real costs of a for-profit education, "--NoveList.
Contents:
Introduction: The education gospel -- 1. The real -- 2. The beauty college and the technical college -- 3. Jesus is my backup plan -- 4. When higher education makes cents -- 5. Where credit is due -- 6. Credentials, jobs, and the new economy -- Epilogue.
Subjects:
For-profit universities and colleges -- United States.
Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States.
For-profit universities and colleges -- United States.
Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States.
ISBN:
9781620970607
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EDUCATION College Cot | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
EDUCATION College Cot | Edgewood | Nonfiction | In |
"Distributed by Perseus Distribution"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.