For-Profit Colleges
By: David Deming, Claudia Goldin, & Lawrence Katz | The Future of Children, Vol. 23, No. 1 | Spring 2013
In this article, the authors look at the students who attend for-profits, the reasons they choose these schools, and student outcomes on a number of broad measures and draw several conclusions. Continue reading
The For-Profit Postsecondary School Sector: Nimble Critters or Agile Predators?
(A CAPSEE Working Paper)
By: David Deming, Claudia Goldin, & Lawrence Katz | February 2012
This paper describes the schools, students, and programs in the for-profit higher education sector, its phenomenal recent growth, and its relationship to the federal and state governments. Continue reading