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Direct linkHampel, Robert L. – Teachers College Record, 2010
Background: Correspondence schools abounded in early 20th-century America. Several hundred for-profit vendors drew the vast majority of the annual enrollments, which peaked at one half million in the mid-1920s. Dozens of well-known universities created home study departments to expand their "extension" work. The handful of good studies…
Descriptors: Correspondence Schools, Correspondence Study, Urban Universities, State Universities
Bailey, Jeffrey S.; Flegle, Larry V. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2012
Researchers have theorized that online degrees are less valuable in the perception of hiring managers. Identifying the factors which influence the hiring managers' perceptions and if obtaining a degree from a for-profit institution influences that perception is critical in designing programs and courses. The purpose of this study was to identify…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Personnel Selection, Business Administration Education, Graduate Study
