For-Profit Universities
. Ed(S): Cottom, Tressie McMillan; Darity, William A., Jr.
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Hardback. Editor(s): Cottom, Tressie McMillan; Darity, William A., Jr. Num Pages: 224 pages, 39 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKG; JNM; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This edited volume proposes that the phenomenon of private sector, financialized higher education expansion in the United States benefits from a range of theoretical and methodological treatments. Social scientists, policy analysts, researchers, and for-profit sector leaders discuss how and to what ends for-profit colleges are a functional social good. The chapters include discussions of inequality, stratification, and legitimacy, differing greatly from other work on for-profit colleges in three ways: First, this volume moves beyond rational choice explanations of for-profit expansion to include critical theoretical work. Second, it deals with the nuances of race, class, and gender in ways absent from ... Read more
This edited volume proposes that the phenomenon of private sector, financialized higher education expansion in the United States benefits from a range of theoretical and methodological treatments. Social scientists, policy analysts, researchers, and for-profit sector leaders discuss how and to what ends for-profit colleges are a functional social good. The chapters include discussions of inequality, stratification, and legitimacy, differing greatly from other work on for-profit colleges in three ways: First, this volume moves beyond rational choice explanations of for-profit expansion to include critical theoretical work. Second, it deals with the nuances of race, class, and gender in ways absent from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319471860
SKU
V9783319471860
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About . Ed(S): Cottom, Tressie McMillan; Darity, William A., Jr.
Tressie McMillan Cottom is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA, and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University, USA. She is a former Fellow at the Center for Poverty Research at the University of California, Davis, USA, and at the Microsoft Social Media Collective. William A. ("Sandy") Darity, Jr., is ... Read more
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