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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
Direct linkJonitiana E. Hughes – ProQuest LLC, 2023
For-profit colleges and universities have gained considerable popularity over the last two decades due to an increase in non-traditional student enrollment, a rise in the availability of federal aid and student loans, and a proliferation of online courses (Cellini, 2021; Domnisoru & Schiopu, 2021). Despite increased interest in online programs…
Descriptors: For Profit Colleges, Online Courses, Student Experience, Academic Persistence
Candice Sayre – ProQuest LLC, 2020
School dropout for nontraditional college students continues to increase without fully understanding the students' experiences of making this impactful decision. This study explored those experiences as well as the commonalities among the sample of nontraditional college students who attended for-profit institutions. Utilizing a generic,…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, College Students, Dropouts, Decision Making
Alycia Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Much of the research on for-profit institutions provides quantitative analyses at the institutional level on enrollment, graduation, career placement rates and gainful employment, and student loan default rates. However, limited research examines the lived experiences of Black students who attend for-profit colleges and universities. This study…
Descriptors: College Students, African American Students, For Profit Colleges, Student Experience
Hana Sarran-Bridgemohan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
While there is research in the online environment on women's experiences (Muller, 2008), and African American/Black students more generally, (Kuo, 2014; Okwumabua, 2011), there is a critical gap with regards to the experiences of African American/Black women (Young, 2020; Ashong & Commander, 2012; Okwumabua, 2011). To address this gap, this…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, African Americans, Adult Students, Student Experience
Moreno, Scott L. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
With the increase in students attending for profit open-enrollment universities (FPU), there is a need to understand the learning experiences of these students. There is a gap in the research that identifies faculty's teaching and learning experiences in FPUs. The topic of this generic qualitative study was the experiences and perceptions of…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Open Universities, Student Experience, Teacher Attitudes
