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Lower Ed
Tressie McMillan Cottom
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Description for Lower Ed
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Despite the celebrated history of not-for-profit institutions of higher education, today more than 2 million students are enrolled in for-profit colleges such as ITT Technical Institute, the University of Phoenix, and others. Yet little is known about why for-profits have expanded so quickly and even less about how the power and influence of this big-money industry impact individual lives. Lower Ed, the first book to link the rapid expansion of for-profit degrees to America's increasing inequality, reveals the story of an industry that exploits aspirations.
Despite the celebrated history of not-for-profit institutions of higher education, today more than 2 million students are enrolled in for-profit colleges such as ITT Technical Institute, the University of Phoenix, and others. Yet little is known about why for-profits have expanded so quickly and even less about how the power and influence of this big-money industry impact individual lives. Lower Ed, the first book to link the rapid expansion of for-profit degrees to America's increasing inequality, reveals the story of an industry that exploits aspirations.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781620970607
SKU
V9781620970607
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99-15
About Tressie McMillan Cottom
Tressie McMillan Cottom worked in enrollment at two for-profit colleges. After experiencing the kinds of choices students faced, she left the for-profit educational sector to go study it in graduate school. She is now an assistant professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has been a columnist for Slate and an online contributor to the Washington Post and The ... Read more
Reviews for Lower Ed
Praise for Lower Ed: "Cottom does a good job of making the name Lower Ed stick, and she makes a solid case for reviewing the entire system of higher education for openness of opportunity.” Kirkus Reviews "In Lower Ed McMillan Cottom is at her very bestrigorous, incisive, empathetic, and witty. . . . Her sharp intelligence, throughout, makes this book ... Read more