For-profit colleges and universities : their markets, regulation, performance, and place in higher education / edited by Guilbert C. Hentschke, Vicente M. Lechuga, and William G. Tierney ; foreword by Marc Tucker.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

For-profit colleges and universities in a knowledge economy / Guilbert C. Hentschke, Vicente M. Lechuga, and William G. Tierney -- Evolving markets of for-profit higher education / Guilbert C. Hentschke -- Who are they? and what do they do? / Vicente M. Lechuga -- Differences in academic work at traditional and for-profit postsecondary institutions: policy implications for academic freedom / William G. Tierney and Vicente M. Lechuga -- Markets, regulation, and performance in higher education / Mark L. Pelesh -- Accreditation and accountability: the role of for-profit education and national accrediting agencies / Elise Scanlon and Michale S. McComis -- A global perspective on for-profit higher education / Kevin Kinser -- The public good in a changing economy / William G. Tierney.

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This book offers a clear-eyed and balanced analysis of for-profit colleges and universities, reviewing their history, business strategies, and management practices; setting them in the context of marketplace conditions, the framework of public policy and government regulations; and viewing them in the light of the public good. Individual chapters variously explore FPCU's governance, how they develop courses and programs, and the way they define faculty work; present findings from in-depth interviews with parttime and full-time faculty to understand how external forces and the imperative of pro.

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