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Lower ed : the troubling rise of for-profit colleges in the new economy

Title
  1. Lower ed : the troubling rise of for-profit colleges in the new economy / Tressie McMillan Cottom.
Published by
  1. New York : The New Press, 2017.
Author
  1. McMillan Cottom, Tressie

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Description
  1. 228 pages; 22 cm
Subject
  1. For-profit universities and colleges > United States
  2. Education, Higher > Economic aspects > United States
  3. EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform
  4. EDUCATION > Higher
  5. EDUCATION > Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
  6. Education, Higher > Economic aspects
  7. For-profit universities and colleges
  8. United States
Contents
  1. Introduction: The Education Gospel -- 1. The Real -- 2. The Beauty College and the Technical College -- 3. Jesus Is My Backup Plan -- 4. When Higher Education Makes Cents -- 5. Where Credit Is Due -- 6. Credentials, Jobs, and the New Economy -- Epilogue.
Call number
  1. Sc D 20-163
Note
  1. "Distributed by Perseus Distribution"--Title page verso.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-217) and index.
Author
  1. McMillan Cottom, Tressie, author.
Title
  1. Lower ed : the troubling rise of for-profit colleges in the new economy / Tressie McMillan Cottom.
Publisher
  1. New York : The New Press, 2017.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Local note
  1. Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-217) and index.
Local subject
  1. Black author.
LCCN
  1. 2016048195
Other standard identifier
  1. 40026952403
ISBN
  1. 9781620970607 (hardcover)
  2. 1620970600 (hardcover)
Research call number
  1. Sc D 20-163
  2. JFD 17-2217
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