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Download full textMiron, Gary; Urschel, Jessica L.; Yat Aguilar, Mayra A.; Dailey, Breanna – National Education Policy Center, 2012
While past annual "Profiles" reports have focused on either for-profit EMOs (education management organizations) or nonprofit EMOs, this is the first annual "Profiles" report to cover both categories in a single report which allows for easier comparisons. The 2010-2011 school year marked another year of relatively slow growth in the for-profit…
Descriptors: Privatization, Profiles, Educational Administration, Educational Indicators
Peer reviewedNelson, Joel I. – Social Science Quarterly, 1992
Reports on a study that questions whether private enterprise can maintain quality while reducing costs of providing social welfare services. Reviews three aspects of privatization: (1) competitive markets; (2) rationality; and (3) cost reduction. Concludes by questioning a central claim of economic theory: that free markets and private firms are…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Civil Rights, Economics, Free Enterprise System
