School of Education and Human Development. Mar 1990 3p. This digest summarizes the ERIC report concerning proprietary school education.
Many proprietary schools offer no degrees and many of their courses are less than one year.
They are profit oriented and market driven with decision making centralized in the ownership. Proprietary school graduates' earnings are similar to those of community college vocational program graduates, however, they are likely to report more periods of unemployment. Enforcement of state licensing and accreditation policies to ensure educational quality, protect the state's financial interests in proprietary schools, and constrain unfair business practices are recommended. First, they have developed outside the traditional education community and are often owned and operated by business people who are more comfortable in the world of commerce than the education community. Second, no data are commonly collected and reported on schools in the sector.