New Players, Different Game
Subtitle: Understanding the Rise of For-Profit Colleges and Universities
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: August 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780801886577
Subjects: Funding of education; Higher & further education; School Finance; Universities; Education / Teaching; USA; Education; Higher; Education / Higher; Aims and objectives; Education, Higher; Technical education; United States; Universities and colleges
Description: "As the economic value of education increases, as more students seek to complete college courses while forgoing the "undergraduate experience," and as funding for public higher education decreases, the for-profit higher education sector has exploded. In New Players, Different Game, William G. Tierney and Guilbert C. Hentschke compare for-profit and not-for-profit models of higher education to assess the strengths and weaknesses of both. For-profit institutions offer a fundamentally distinct type of postsecondary education. Some critics argue they are so different they should not be accepted as an integral part of the American higher education system. Here, Tierney and Hentschke explore what traditional and non-traditional colleges and universities can learn from each other, comparing how they recruit students, employ faculty, and organize instructional programs. The authors suggest that, rather than continuing their standoff, the two sectors could mutually benefit from examining each other's culture, practices, and outcomes"--From the publisher.