ERIC Number: EJ988557
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Aug-16
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The For-Profit Conundrum
Hayes, Dianne
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, v29 n14 p10-11 Aug 2012
Amid numerous efforts to increase college-going and completion rates among minority students, for-profit institutions stand out as a leader in that regard. Class flexibility for working and non-traditional students, online courses, and corporate partnerships to reimburse employees are all contributing factors to their appeal. However, along with those attributes are a host of challenges and criticism facing some for-profit institutions, including high tuition, misrepresentation in college recruiting and job prospects, claims of targeting low-income students who are more likely to qualify for federal aid, and high dropout rates leaving students with large student loans. These issues have reached a feverish pitch after Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the long-awaited report on the for-profit college industry. Despite federal and state investigations of the for-profit college industry, one thing is clear--over the past decade, proprietary institutions have notably increased their market share for all students, especially for underrepresented minorities: African-Americans, Hispanics, and American Indians.
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Minority Group Students, Minority Groups, American Indians, Federal Aid, Online Courses, Low Income Groups, Dropout Rate, Investigations, Proprietary Schools, Nontraditional Students, Employees, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Higher Education
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