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Are for-profit colleges and universities being unfairly attacked? Or, are they the only education avenue for many poor students?
Despite the high-profile debate over the merits of for-profits, little is known about how these institutions differ from traditional schools. To remedy this, in “Crossing to the Dark Side? An Interview-Based Comparison of Traditional and For-Profit Higher Education,” education expert Ben Wildavsky of the Kauffman Foundation interviews leaders from both sectors to take a closer look at the differences.
He finds that:
“Drawing on interviews with prominent individuals who have worked for both types of organizations, Wildavsky helps to illuminate the differences between these two types of providers; he also underscores some promising for-profit practices when it comes to business models, performance evaluations, data collection, and scalability,” notes AEI director of education policy studies Frederick M. Hess.
For more information about the Private Enterprise in American Education project, please contact Jenna Schuette Talbot at jenna.talbot@aei.org or or visit http://www.aei.org/policy/education/private-enterprise/
AEI’s in-house ReadyCam TV studio may be booked by calling VideoLink at 617.340.4300. To reserve AEI’s ISDN facilities for radio interviews or for other media inquiries, please e-mail Jesse Blumenthal at jesse@aei.org (202.862.4870).
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