Eight units of study, each divided into three or four episodes, make up this Illinois driver's education curriculum for commercial schools. Each unit contains behavioral objectives for the unit and for the individual episodes, each of which is broken down into sub-objectives with corresponding content information or tasks to be performed. The…

This report provides information on degree and certification programs offered and completions for fiscal year 1973-74 in North Dakota postsecondary education institutions. Information is categorized by program level and by type of institution. Cost information is included, but individuals reviewing these items are encouraged to contact the…

This report describes proprietary schools, the profit-oriented, privately-owned institutions that train students for job entry. Emphasis is placed on the past and future images of proprietary schools; the number and types of proprietary schools; distinctive operating features; instruction and faculty; students in an out of proprietary schools; the…

Reports on a study of proprietary college counselors, i.e. private, for-profit educational consultants outside of the formal education system, examining their backgrounds, the services they offer, their relationship with public school counselors, and the clients they serve. Found that although well-seasoned professionals, their collaboration with…

South Africa's private higher education system is an illustration of the worldwide surge in commercial private higher education. Important features in the South African case epitomize worldwide growth or show it in stark form. At the core of the starkness is the for-profit nature of South African private higher education. For-profit logic plays…

This book describes the growth and operation of for-profit colleges and universities, tracing their development and exploring their advantages and disadvantages. The chapters are: (1) "Confessions of a For-Profit Dean"; (2) "The Players"; (3) "The History of For-Profit Education in the United States"; (4) "The…

Discusses the changes in higher education today: military and corporate schools, proprietary schools, occupational education and career-minded institutions. (Author/PG)

A survey of Pennsylvania's private academic, trade, business, and correspondence schools. (SP)

The author examines some of the lesser-known private and proprietary schools of late Victorian England which, by academic success and by athletic prowess, strove to emulate the great "public schools." Reasons for some successes and failures and contributions of certain headmasters are noted. (Author/SJL)

Describes development by the Bryn Mawr School in Maryland of Little School, an early childhood center offering an approved educational program with full-day year-round care, and the School Age Extended Day Program, which offers after school care for children of lower-school age. (AN)

Explores whether commerce and academic collaboration can coexist as Universitas 21, a group of 17 universities on several continents, puts years of planning to the test in an online education venture. Faculty unions fear a lack of quality in the venture. (EV)

Overly aggressive advertising policies used to be attributed to a few disreputable and unethical schools. Consumer protection organizations are now becoming aware of promotional efforts by respected universities, colleges, and respected institutions that are soliciting students through unorthodox and sometimes questionable tactics. (Offers a basic…

Employers and community representatives are vital members of the advisory committees of trade and technical schools. Advisory boards can keep schools abreast of employer needs, assist with recruitment and placement, and help maintain good public relations. (SK)

Describes the Outcomes Comparison Research Project, undertaken to assess educational, employment, and family formation outcomes for private career school attenders and others. (JOW)

Al Sullivan has been running for-profit trade schools in Kentucky for more than 30 years. The institutions--Sullivan Junior College of Business, Spencerian College, and Louisville Technical Institute--are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. (MLW)