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| Title: | Academics and economics [electronic resource] : the Yin and Yang of for-profit higher education : a case study of the University of Phoenix |
| Authors: | Rutherford, Gregory Franklin.
Roueche, John E., Jr. |
| Keywords: | Education, Higher. |
| Issue Date: | 27-Jan-2006 |
| Publisher: | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to investigate how the University of Phoenix defines and implements a balance of academics and economics in curriculum and operations. The University of Phoenix is organized as a for-profit institution and has the largest enrollment of any university in the United States. Tremendous growth has occurred in large proprietary colleges in recent years. According to the literature, for-profit higher education is an understudied area of which knowledge could be useful. The University of Phoenix has been the most successful of the for-profits in recruiting students and generating revenue. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/525 |
| Appears in Collections: | Theses and Dissertations from The University of Texas at Austin
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