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Direct linkSalto, Dante J. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2018
Brazil has by far the largest higher education system in Latin America, with a sizable share of students enrolled in private-sector institutions. Its recently established and fast-growing for-profit sector is one of the largest worldwide. The for-profit sector already surpasses the public sector in student enrollment, and its role is growing.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Private Colleges, Enrollment Trends
Download full textDouglass, John Aubrey – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2012
For-profit colleges and universities in the US have been growing at a staggering pace in enrollment, in profits, and in the corporate value of those traded on the New York Stock Exchange. From 2000 to 2010, the sector grew by some 235 percent in enrollment, increasing its market share from 3 to 9.1 percent of all tertiary enrolled students. What…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Free Enterprise System, Public Colleges, Educational Attainment
