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Douglass, John Aubrey – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2012
For-profit colleges and universities in the US have been growing at a staggering pace in enrollment, in profits, and in the corporate value of those traded on the New York Stock Exchange. From 2000 to 2010, the sector grew by some 235 percent in enrollment, increasing its market share from 3 to 9.1 percent of all tertiary enrolled students. What…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Free Enterprise System, Public Colleges, Educational Attainment
Douglass, John Aubrey – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2008
Research universities throughout the world are part of a larger effort by nation-states to bolster science and technological innovation and compete economically. The US remains highly competitive as a source of High Tech (HT) innovation because of a number of market positions, many the result of long term investments in institutions such as…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research Universities, Graduation Rate, Intellectual Property