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For-profit Higher Education : Developing a World-class Workforce
author
:
Sperling, John G.; Tucker, Robert W.
publisher
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Transaction Publishing
isbn10 | asin
:
1560003065
print isbn13
:
9781560003069
ebook isbn13
:
9780585339504
language
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English
subject
Continuing education--United States, Adult education--United States, Professional education--United States, Proprietary schools--United States, Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States, University of Phoenix.
publication date
:
1997
lcc
:
LC5251.S66 1997eb
ddc
:
374/.973
subject
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Continuing education--United States, Adult education--United States, Professional education--United States, Proprietary schools--United States, Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States, University of Phoenix.
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For-Profit Higher Education
Developing a World-Class Workforce
John Sperling & Robert W. Tucker
Page iv
Copyright 1997 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to Transaction Publishers, RutgersThe State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903.
This book is printed on acid-free paper that meets the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sperling, John G. For-profit higher education : developing a world-class workforce/John Sperling, Robert W. Tucker. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56000-306-5 (cloth : alk. paper). 1-56000-937-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Continuing educationUnited States. 2. Adult educationUnited States. 3. Professional educationUnited States. 4. Proprietary schools United States. 5. Education, Higher-Economic aspectsUnited States. 6. University of Phoenix. I. Tucker, Robert W. II. Title. LC5251.S66 1996 374'.973dc20 96-41181 [374'.013] CIP
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Contents
Preface
vii
1. Higher Education for the American Workforce: An Economic Imperative
1
2. Costs and Access in Higher Education
7
3. Adult-Centered Universities: Education for the American Workforce
19
4. The Economic and Academic Advantages of an Adult-Centered University
35
5. Critique of Regulatory Constraints
51
6. Federal Action to Create a National Market in Higher Education Services
69
Epilogue
81
Appendix A
89
Appendix B
107
Appendix C
111
Appendix D
129
Index
131
Page vii
Preface
The authors of this book hold, or have held, positions with the University of Phoenix (UOP) and its sister company, the Institute for Professional Development (IPD). IPD assists regionally accredited colleges and universities in establishing programs for working adults that are based on a unique teaching/learning model for working adults in higher education. The structure and operations of these two organizations and how they differ from other traditional and nontraditional institutions has been the focus of our research, and this research is the source of most of our policy recommendations.
The current operations of the University of Phoenix reflect what we call the UOP Model and it is this model that we contrast with the structure and operations of other programs, whether they are traditional or nontraditional. This focus is pragmatic and not ideological. There are few institutions that have the same missionthe education of working adultsin business, management, computer science, nursing, counseling, education, and a variety of specializations within these professionsas does UOP. There are none that are for-profit. To the best of our knowledge, UOP is the only adult-centered institution with all of the characteristics we believe are essential in meeting the educational needs of those working adults who aspire to professional positions.
The readers of our various drafts have assured us that the positions we set forth in this book are controversial and sure to be challenged by members of the larger academic community. Lest we be accused of being self-serving in the arguments we present, we believe it wise to inform the reader of our biases. Many of our academic friends and former colleagues from traditional institutions generously gave this book a critical reading and we are indebted to them for a host of well-founded changes. However, one change, which most of them recommended, we have chosen not to adopt. This was the recommendation to excise the argument in favor of a for-profit institutional structure as the preferred structure for the adult-centered university. Our academic critics have pointed out that fa-
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