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Download full textColeman, James; Vedder, Richard – Center for College Affordability and Productivity (NJ1), 2008
For-profit higher education is not new. In fact, profit motive has played an important role in providing higher education since the Golden Age of Greece, when anyone could open up a private school and teach (Coulson 1999). During the 19th century, well-organized for-profit business schools were founded across America and for-profit education…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Proprietary Schools, Educational Development
