The author states that, contrary to popular opinion, profit-making schools are not more likely to exploit their students or employees than public or private, nonprofit schools. He gives examples of exploitation by the public education sector. (CH)

Describes the method used by the Denver Institute of Technology to measure student satisfaction with the school. (CH)

The author provides several tips and suggestions for marketing a proprietary school, involving newspaper advertising, television advertising, direct mail, high school marketing, and timing of promotional mailings. (CT)

Reviews major developments in statewide planning for postsecondary education and considers actions proprietary institutions can take to maintain a role in such planning. (SK)

This document is a compilation of data collected from proprietary postsecondary education schools in Missouri. It is the 11th publication derived from such data collection efforts. Data for 82 Missouri-based private career schools and 21 out-of-state regionally accredited degree granting institutions are reported in the statistical summary portion…

Comments on A. Harvey's Belitsky's book entitled Private Vocational Schools and Their Students." (EB)

Explains how and why one K-8 private school for girls instituted a day care program. Discusses the advantages (increased enrollment in the regular program) and the problems (less time for thorough cleaning of facilities, difficulty of billing parents, difficulty of finding substitute teachers). (AN)

Explores how for-profit colleges want to be defined as higher education institutions, for both the prestige and the money. The institutions are pushing Congress to change a key definition that prevents them from receiving certain kinds of federal aid. (EV)

Discusses why for-profit colleges, with their career-oriented programs, appeal to many Hispanic, Asian, and black students. (EV)

Introduces a risk index that provides a way to understand the human dimension of student loan defaults. It correlates with default and the type of school attended and relates to the amount borrowed and help received from others during repayment. Students with high risk scores borrow smaller amounts and are less likely to be helped by others. (JOW)

The issue profiles nine owners of proprietary technical schools who are representative of people who have dedicated their lives to helping individuals learn specialized skills to enter the U.S. job market. The individuals were selected at random. (JOW)

Explores whether when regionally accredited colleges won't accept credits earned at career colleges, the decision is a function of unfair bias or institutional prerogative. (EV)

Describes how Temple University ended Virtual Temple, its for-profit distance education effort, saying that such companies cannot make money. However, universities with similar programs--such as Columbia, Cornell, New York University, and the University of Maryland--disagree. (EV)

Describes how the for-profit University of Phoenix is attempting again to enter New Jersey, 3 years after withdrawing an application to operate there. This time, its plan focuses more on female and minority students. (EV)

Describes how many colleges are opposing a U.S. plan that they say favors for-profit distance education. The proposal before the World Trade Organization asks member countries to begin formal negotiations to reduce barriers that keep higher education institutions from offering courses in other countries. (EV)