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Download full textSilliman, Rebecca; Schleifer, David – Public Agenda, 2023
For-profit colleges' have generated regulatory scrutiny and litigation because of their recruitment tactics, graduation rates, costs and loan default rates. Compared to public higher education institutions, for-profit colleges have been criticized for being more expensive with similar or worse job market outcomes for graduates, who tend to be left…
Descriptors: College Students, For Profit Colleges, Student Experience, Alumni
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Geography of opportunity research has identified places with few or no college options: so-called "education deserts." This study extends this geography of opportunity research, exploring how geographical constraints affect students' choices, particularly the choice to attend a for-profit college. Using the Education Longitudinal Study…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, Decision Making, Geographic Location
Kopko, Elizabeth; Proctor, Rebecca; Jacobs, James; Cormier, Maria – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2023
This report describes a study of healthcare training programs that CCRC conducted to understand the current role that community colleges play in training healthcare workers, including public health workers. In an analysis of 2019-20 data from the U.S. Department of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the authors…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Student Characteristics
Nicholas W. Hillman – Higher Education Policy Institute, 2024
This paper provides an overview of the United States higher education system. It gives readers introductory information about the size, scope and governance model of US higher education. This is a challenging task because higher education in the US is highly decentralized with no single 'system' coordinating all institutions of higher education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Federal Legislation, Institutional Characteristics
