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For-profit universities and colleges

LC control no.sh2005001916
Topical headingFor-profit universities and colleges
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See alsoBusiness enterprises
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Private universities and colleges
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Proprietary schools
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Found inWork cat.: Higher Ed, Inc. : the rise of the for-profit university, 2001: p. 25 ("not proprietary schools as they have been known ... but rather a new model ... accredited degree-granting colleges and universities owned and operated by publicly-held, for-profit corporations") p. 3 (they are tax-paying, not tax-exempt) p. 61 ("the Dept. of Education now includes some 669 for-profit schools recognized as accredited colleges and universities") p. x ("for-profit institutions of higher education")
Higher education in the United States: an encyclopedia, 2002: for-profit higher education ("for-profit postsecondary institutions"; necessity of generating profit will remain defining distinction between non-profit and for-profit postsecondary education providers")
National crosstalk, via WWW, fall 1998: For-profit education ("for-profit higher education institutions"; "for-profits")
Education Commission of the States For-Profit Degree Granting Institutions database, Mar. 18, 2005.
Chronicle of Higher Education: v. 51, issue 22, Feb. 4, 2005 ("for-profit education companies"; "for-profit higher education industry"; "proprietary colleges"; "for-profit colleges)) /issues in depth ("for-profit higher education")