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Download full textDeming, David J.; Yuchtman, Noam; Abulafi, Amira; Goldin, Claudia; Katz, Lawrence F. – Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2014
We study employers' perceptions of postsecondary degrees using a field experiment. We randomly assign the sector and selectivity of institution to fictitious resumes and send them to real vacancy postings on a large online job board. According to our results, a bachelor's degree in business from a for-profit "online" institution is 22…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Postsecondary Education, Credentials, Academic Degrees
Direct linkCellini, Stephanie Riegg; Goldin, Claudia – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012
We use administrative data from five states to provide the first comprehensive estimates of the size of the for-profit higher education sector in the U.S. Our estimates include schools that are not currently eligible to participate in federal student aid programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act and are therefore missed in official…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Federal Aid, Student Financial Aid, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedDeming, David; Goldin, Claudia; Katz, Lawrence – Future of Children, 2013
For-profit, or proprietary, colleges are the fastest-growing postsecondary schools in the nation, enrolling a disproportionately high share of disadvantaged and minority students and those ill-prepared for college. Because these schools, many of them big national chains, derive most of their revenue from taxpayer-funded student financial aid, they…
Descriptors: Proprietary Schools, Colleges, Student Characteristics, Undergraduate Students
Deming, David J.; Goldin, Claudia; Katz, Lawrence F. – Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2012
Private for-profit institutions have been the fastest growing part of the U.S. higher education sector. For-profit enrollment increased from 0.2 percent to 9.1 percent of total enrollment in degree-granting schools from 1970 to 2009, and for-profit institutions account for the majority of enrollments in non-degree granting postsecondary schools.…
Descriptors: Proprietary Schools, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students, Student Characteristics
Deming, David J.; Goldin, Claudia; Katz, Lawrence F. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011
Private for-profit institutions have been the fastest growing part of the U.S. higher education sector. For-profit enrollment increased from 0.2 percent to 9.1 percent of total enrollment in degree-granting schools from 1970 to 2009, and for-profit institutions account for the majority of enrollments in non-degree granting postsecondary schools.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Associate Degrees, Enrollment Trends, Enrollment
