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Download full textFlammger, Dawne M. – 1991
This study compared the satisfaction levels of 40 adult nontraditional students (N=40) attending one of three types of postsecondary institutions: (1) a proprietary school, (2) a community college, and (3) a university. A survey was administered to such students enrolled in the Travel and Tourism programs at Bryant and Stratton Business Institute…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Peer reviewedClowes, Darrel A., Ed.; Hawthorne, Elizabeth M., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1995
This volume describes characteristics of proprietary schools, or for-profit schools that focus primarily on career and technical education, and explores similarities, differences, and points of linkage between proprietary schools and community colleges. The following articles are included: (1) "Community Colleges and Proprietary Schools: Conflict…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrative Organization, Articulation (Education), College Curriculum
