Examines the characteristics of proprietary business school students in Los Angeles and their reasons for attending proprietary schools rather than other postsecondary institutions, drawing from interviews with 90 students attending 3 schools. Describes the students as relatively immature, from blue-collar/low-income families, with above average…

Discusses key trends of nonprofit child care organizations, based on a survey of 100 of the nation's largest nonprofit organizations. (BB)

Describes a 1990 study of accredited degree-granting private for-profit institutions, including 48 baccalaureate-granting and 231 associate-degree-granting proprietary schools, regarding enrollments, programs, degrees awarded, accreditation, and plans among 2-year schools for granting baccalaureates. Reviews state studies of transfer among…

This report focuses on the proprietary vocational school industry in New York State. Part 1 describes the increases in the utilization of student financial aid programs by vocational schools and the effects of this aid on school enrollment. This part also introduces the role of the New York State Education Department in the regulation of the…