New Players, Different Game

Understanding the Rise of For-Profit Colleges and Universities

AvWilliam G. Tierney,Guilbert C. Hentschke

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

As the economic value of education increases, as more students seek to complete college courses while forgoing the "undergraduate experience," and as funding for public higher education decreases, the for-profit higher education sector has exploded. In New Players, Different Game, William G. Tierney and Guilbert C. Hentschke compare for-profit and not-for-profit models of higher education to assess the strengths and weaknesses of both. For-profit institutions offer a fundamentally distinct type of postsecondary education. Some critics argue the institutions are so different they should not be accepted as an integral part of the American higher education system. Here, Tierney and Hentschke explore what traditional and nontraditional colleges and universities can learn from each other, comparing how they recruit students, employ faculty, and organize instructional programs. The authors suggest that, rather than continuing their standoff, the two sectors could mutually benefit from examining each other's culture, practices, and outcomes.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-10-27
Mått:140 x 216 x 22 mm
Vikt:386 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9780801886577

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William G. Tierney is University Professor, Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education, and director of the Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis in the Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California. He is the editor of The Responsive University: Restructuring for High Performance and Competing Conceptions of Academic Governance: Negotiating the Perfect Storm, both published by Johns Hopkins. Guilbert C. Hentschke is the Richard T. Cooper and Mary Catherine Cooper Chair in Public School Administration at the Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California.

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This book seeks to shed light on a rapidly changing industry. Future Survey 2008 A welcome addition to the often polemical writing about for-profits that has become particularly heated... New Players, Different Game should be added to the library of all interested in current trends in high education. Administrators and faculty members will especially benefit from the clear, balanced presentation of a wealth of information about for-profits. -- Gary A. Berg Journal of Higher Education 2009

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: For-Profit Postsecondary Education: Lumpers or Splitters?1. The Innovators: New Services, New Sector2. New Forces in an Old Industry3. Growth of the For-Profits4. Finance and Governance5. Faculty Roles6. Defining Success at the For-Profits: Students, Programs, and Employers7. Students and Other Priorities8. Clashes of Cultures, Sectors, and PurposesConclusion: Growth, Demand, and Purpose in Postsecondary EducationReferencesIndex