The For-Profit Conundrum

Autor/in	Hayes, Dianne
Titel	The For-Profit Conundrum
Quelle	In: Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 29 (2012) 14, S.10-11 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-5411
Schlagwörter	Student Financial Aid; Minority Group Students; Minority Groups; American Indians; Federal Aid; Online Courses; Low Income Groups; Dropout Rate; Investigations; Proprietary Schools; Nontraditional Students; Employees; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Higher Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Ethnische Minderheit; American Indian; Indianer; Online course; Online-Kurs; Untersuchung; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	Amid numerous efforts to increase college-going and completion rates among minority students, for-profit institutions stand out as a leader in that regard. Class flexibility for working and non-traditional students, online courses, and corporate partnerships to reimburse employees are all contributing factors to their appeal. However, along with those attributes are a host of challenges and criticism facing some for-profit institutions, including high tuition, misrepresentation in college recruiting and job prospects, claims of targeting low-income students who are more likely to qualify for federal aid, and high dropout rates leaving students with large student loans. These issues have reached a feverish pitch after Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the long-awaited report on the for-profit college industry. Despite federal and state investigations of the for-profit college industry, one thing is clear--over the past decade, proprietary institutions have notably increased their market share for all students, especially for underrepresented minorities: African-Americans, Hispanics, and American Indians. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10