Higher Ed, Inc.

Description

"In Higher Ed, Inc., Ruch opens up the discussion about for-profit higher education from the perspective of a participant-observer. Focusing on five providers - the Apollo Group (the University of Phoenix); Argosy Education Group (the American Schools of Professional Psychology); DeVry, Inc. (DeVry Institutes of Technology); Education Management Corporation (the Art Institutes International); and Strayer Education (Strayer University) - he conveys for the first time what it feels like to be inside this new kind of American institution. He is also candid about the less attractive aspects of the for-profit colleges, including what those who enroll may give up. As Ruch makes clear, the major for-profit colleges and universities offer a different approach to higher education - one that may be increasingly influential in the future."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

I must confess that until a few years ago I thought that all proprietary institutions were the scum of the academic earth.

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Other Editions

• Higher Ed, Inc.: The Rise of the For-Profit UniversityHardcoverThe Johns Hopkins University Press2001-03-28
• Higher Ed, IncJohns Hopkins University Press2003-01-01
• Higher Ed, Inc.PaperbackThe Johns Hopkins University Press2003-07-07