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ERIC Number: EJ988557
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Aug-16
Pages: 2
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1557-5411
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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.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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