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Download full textRiggan, Matthew – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2012
As the education policy landscape shifts toward a system of outcomes-based accountability, evaluation and research have grown increasingly vital. This is especially true for for-profit education firms, which must overcome skepticism, scrutiny, or even outright hostility in a field that has long been suspicious of the profit motive and where the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Proprietary Schools, Institutional Evaluation
Kelly, Andrew P. – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2011
For decades, for-profit educational provision has been tolerated, often grudgingly. In the world of charter schooling, for-profit providers are lambasted and sometimes prohibited. In higher education, for-profit institutions have grown rapidly, enrolling millions of nontraditional students and earning enmity, suspicion, and now investigative and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Proprietary Schools
Horn, Michael B. – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2011
For decades, for-profit educational provision has been tolerated, often grudgingly. In the world of charter schooling, for-profit providers are lambasted and sometimes prohibited. In higher education, for-profit institutions have grown rapidly, enrolling millions of nontraditional students and earning enmity, suspicion, and now investigative and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Proprietary Schools, School Role, Nontraditional Students
Hernandez, Alex – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2012
For decades, for-profit educational provision has been merely tolerated, often grudgingly. In the world of charter schooling, for-profit providers are lambasted and sometimes prohibited. In higher education, for-profit institutions have grown rapidly, enrolling millions of nontraditional students and earning enmity, suspicion, and now…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Proprietary Schools, Charter Schools
Hernandez, Alex – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2012
For decades, for-profit educational provision has been merely tolerated, often grudgingly. In the world of charter schooling, for-profit providers are lambasted and sometimes prohibited. In higher education, for-profit institutions have grown rapidly, enrolling millions of nontraditional students and earning enmity, suspicion, and now…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Higher Education, Charter Schools, Cost Effectiveness
Wildavsky, Ben – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2011
In the past year, for-profit higher education providers have been thrust into the spotlight. The fastest growing postsecondary sector has come under unprecedented scrutiny from policymakers, regulators, and the media. Critics have zeroed in on a range of concerns, from perceived dubious recruiting tactics and overblown promises about students'…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Proprietary Schools, Traditional Schools, Comparative Analysis
Bailey, John – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2011
For decades, for-profit educational provision has been merely tolerated, often grudgingly. In the world of charter schooling, for-profit providers are lambasted and sometimes prohibited. In higher education, for-profit institutions have grown rapidly, enrolling millions of nontraditional students and earning enmity, suspicion, and now…
Descriptors: Proprietary Schools, Charter Schools, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students
