New Players, Different Game: Understanding the Rise of For-Profit Colleges and Universities

Tierney, William G.,Hentschke, Guilbert C.

ISBN 10: 0801886570 / ISBN 13: 9780801886577

Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: New Players, Different Game: Understanding the Rise of For-Profit Colleges and Universities
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801886570
• ISBN 13: 9780801886577
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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 the institutions 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 nontraditional 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.

About the Authors

William G. Tierney is University Professor, Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education, and director of the Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis in the Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California. He is the editor of The Responsive University: Restructuring for High Performance and Competing Conceptions of Academic Governance: Negotiating the Perfect Storm, both published by Johns Hopkins.

Guilbert C. Hentschke is the Richard T. Cooper and Mary Catherine Cooper Chair Emeritus at the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education, where he served as dean from 1988 to 2000.