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Ana Luiza Perdigao Valadares Dutra – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation consists of three chapters on the industrial organization of higher education. Chapter 1 studies the impacts of mergers and acquisitions on students' outcomes. We explore a series of acquisitions of private higher education institutions in Brazil to conduct an ex-post analysis of the effects of mergers. Using detailed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, Institutional Cooperation, College Administration
Fears-Hackett, Lisa – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation analyzes the motivations, perspectives, and barriers of adult learners returning to school to receive a high school diploma after previously dropping out of a traditional high school setting. Specifically, this study explored the backgrounds, discrimination factors, income variables, perspectives, and environmental and emotional…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Student Attitudes