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Direct linkTierney, William G. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2011
Although for-profit colleges and universities have had a long history in the United States, they have garnered significant attention only in the last decade. In the early 20th century, career colleges existed primarily in urban areas to provide training for specific trades or professions--plumbing, restaurant management, art and design,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Proprietary Schools, Commercialization, School Role
Garrity, Bonnie K. Fox; Garrison, Mark J.; Fiedler, Roger C. – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2010
This article explores the role of Pell grants in the rise of for-profit colleges and universities (FPCUs) in the United States by examining National Center for Education Statistics data (Pell are financial "needs-based" grants to students to offset cost of tuition; Pell grants are the main source of federal financial support available to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Disadvantaged, Equal Education
