From Main Street to Wall Street Vol. 31 No. 5 : For-Profit Higher Education - ASHE Higher Education Report

by Kinser, Kevin

• ISBN13: 9780787985288
• ISBN10: 0787985287
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-13
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Table of Contents

Executive Summary	vii
Foreword	xi
Considering the Third Sector: The New Prominence of For-Profit Higher Education	1	(12)
Why Now?	4	(2)
Taking Aim	6	(1)
The Target	7	(3)
Organization of the Volume	10	(3)
From the Beginning: Development of For-Profit Higher Education in the United States	13	(12)
Eras of For-Profit Higher Education	16	(7)
The For-Profit Sector Today	23	(2)
Institutional Diversity: Classification of the For-Profit Sector	25	(14)
A New Classification	30	(1)
Elements of the Classification	31	(2)
Types of For-Profit Institutions	33	(2)
Continuing Difficulties with Classification	35	(4)
Shareholder Owners: Defining an Era	39	(26)
History of Shareholder Institutions	39	(6)
Current Owners	45	(16)
Implications of the Wall Street Era	61	(4)
Measure of Success: Students in the For-Profit Sector	65	(16)
Historical Perspectives	66	(4)
National Datasets	70	(2)
Current Trends	72	(2)
Student Outcomes	74	(3)
Student Motivation, Experiences, and Campus Life	77	(2)
Remaining Questions	79	(2)
The Academic Mission: Teaching and Learning in the For-Profit Sector	81	(16)
Curriculum	81	(8)
Faculty	89	(5)
Do Students Learn?	94	(3)
External Approval: Accrediting the For-Profit Sector	97	(14)
Background on Accreditation	98	(2)
History	100	(2)
Regional Accreditation	102	(4)
For-Profit Accrediting Agencies	106	(2)
Regional Accreditation of National Institutions	108	(3)
Creating the Playing Field: State and Federal Regulation	111	(14)
State Oversight	112	(3)
Federal Oversight	115	(5)
Diploma Mills	120	(2)
Current Regulatory Issues	122	(3)
Reflections and Future Direction	125	(8)
Research Agenda	127	(3)
Conclusion	130	(3)
Notes	133	(4)
References	137	(10)
Name Index	147	(4)
Subject Index	151	(4)
About the Author	155