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Direct linkGarrett, Richard – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2021
Calls for instructional innovation in higher education assert that the current system suffers from one or more of the following problems: access constraints that stymie social and economic mobility, spending norms that over time inflate cost relative to value, and student outcomes that fail to adequately encourage citizenship and enhance…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Educational Change, Educational History, Higher Education
Tierney, William G. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2011
Although for-profit colleges and universities have had a long history in the United States, they have garnered significant attention only in the last decade. In the early 20th century, career colleges existed primarily in urban areas to provide training for specific trades or professions--plumbing, restaurant management, art and design,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Proprietary Schools, Commercialization, School Role
Heller, Donald E. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2011
The growth over the last decade of the for-profit sector of higher education (also known as the proprietary sector) has been well documented. In 1999, for-profit colleges and universities enrolled approximately 629,000 students, or a little over 4 percent of the nation's 15.2 million students. By 2009, this sector had increased to 2.2 million…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Proprietary Schools, Federal Regulation, Employment
Kinser, Kevin – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2006
The University of Phoenix is a unique institution, and its presence has certainly influenced postsecondary education. It has played a significant role in the recognition and accreditation of institutions with campuses in many states, and its accelerated, career-oriented programs represent a real innovation in teaching working adults. From a policy…
Descriptors: Universities, Higher Education, Proprietary Schools, Enrollment Trends
Howard-Vital, Michelle – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2006
The characteristics that students like in for-profit postsecondary institutions are present in many more traditional institutions as well. Yet most students who attend for-profit institutions are not convinced that they can fit into traditional institutions. In this article, the author examines the reasons why for-profit institutions appeal more…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Private Colleges, Student Attitudes, Interviews
Daniel, John; Kanwar, Asha; Uvalic-Trumbic, Stamenka – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2006
Europeans lament that their universities are lagging behind those in the United States, while Americans worry that their academic leadership is threatened by complacency. Both groups, however, are missing the tectonic shift that will transform the map of higher education worldwide--the growth of universities in the developing world. Spreading…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Development, Developing Nations, Educational Change
