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| Borrego, Anne Marie | 10 |
| Blumenstyk, Goldie | 1 |
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| Reports - Descriptive | 10 |
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Borrego, Anne Marie; Blumenstyk, Goldie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Describes the financial and stock performance of companies in the higher education sector during 2000, and describes how the Chronicle of Higher Education's stock index of for-profit colleges has shown a return of 108 percent since the end of 1999. (EV)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Investment, Proprietary Schools
Borrego, Anne Marie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Describes the "slow and steady" approach to growth embraced by the owner of Stratford College, a Virginia-based, for-profit school that offers degrees in the culinary arts, information technology, and hotel and event management and business. (EV)
Descriptors: College Administration, Program Development, Proprietary Schools
Borrego, Anne Marie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Explores how Pittsburgh's traditional colleges did not fight the for-profit University of Phoenix when it arrived, but are now going after a tiny for-profit institution, Potomac College, that wants to expand into the area. The colleges claim the school unnecessarily duplicates offerings they provide. (EV)
Descriptors: Colleges, Competition, Higher Education, Proprietary Schools
Borrego, Anne Marie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2002
Describes how, by limiting itself to Florida but pushing the bounds of for-profit education, the Keiser colleges are finding success by offering students courses that lead to better jobs. (EV)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Job Training, Postsecondary Education, Proprietary Schools
Borrego, Anne Marie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Discusses the for-profit education sector's rush to consolidate. Large, publicly traded schools are looking to expand their businesses, while smaller schools are finding it hard to maintain growth or expand on their own. (EV)
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Economic Factors, Higher Education, Mergers
Borrego, Anne Marie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Explores whether when regionally accredited colleges won't accept credits earned at career colleges, the decision is a function of unfair bias or institutional prerogative. (EV)
Descriptors: College Credits, Colleges, Proprietary Schools, Transfer Policy
Borrego, Anne Marie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Describes how Dennis Keller and Ronald Taylor, founders and corporate heads of DeVry University, differ in many ways, but share a common vision for the education company they jointly run. (EV)
Descriptors: Administrator Behavior, Administrator Characteristics, College Administration, Management Teams
Borrego, Anne Marie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Explores how the for-profit, computer training chain Computer Learning Centers continued to operate, enrolling thousands of students and qualifying for millions of dollars in federal student aid, despite three years of legal and regulatory turmoil. (EV)
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Educational Malpractice, Government School Relationship, Legal Problems
Borrego, Anne Marie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2002
Discusses how for-profit colleges are adapting to the decline in the high-technology job market by offering programs to train "old economy" workers in skilled trades. (EV)
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Postsecondary Education, Proprietary Schools, Skilled Occupations
Borrego, Anne Marie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2002
Discusses why, for these three liberal arts scholars, for-profit colleges offer an attractive alternative to traditional academe. (EV)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty College Relationship, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction
