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Higher education has a vast history; beginning in the early colonial period and spanning ten generations. With its wide range of history, aspects of higher education have changed as the ideals and reforms of society adjusted. Albeit, the missions and purposes of college have remained the same. In this paper, I will clarify the three main missions and purposes of higher education. Then, I will shift the focus of the paper to the area I would like to pursue in higher education and how it reflects those purposes.

Higher education has become a staple of American society. With over 20 million students attending over 4,500 degree granting institutions, the role that higher education has played on larger society is paramount (Thelin, 2017). However, despite the popularity of higher education institutions, the exact purpose of higher education has changed from century to century and may serve different purposes depending on who is asked. Higher education today is arguably both a public and private good. While state and federal governments have invested in a variety of higher education initiatives, as well as assisted thousands of students with attending college through loans and scholarships in hopes that students use their acquired skills and

A summary of Why Do You Think They’re Called For-Profit Colleges? The article, Why Do You Think They’re Called For-Profit Colleges? by Kevin Carey first appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education on July 25, 2010. In this article, Carey discusses the controversy concerning the billions of dollars in federal aid money received by for-profit colleges. He introduces Michael Clifford, who, according to fastcompany.com, chairs Significant Federation, a private equity firm that is a principal investor in a half-dozen higher-education companies.

College, a universal, fundamental concept that the globe utilizes. Through a wide array of variations, countries across the world have developed their own meaning of what higher education is. However, the underlying tone of it all is the same, furthering one’s knowledge. With a vast number of schools from a broad range of locations trying to pull the population in, colleges compete with different tactics ranging from education relevance to evaluation. Consequently, problems have arisen from these approaches, addressed along the lines in an article called “A New Course” by Magdalena Kay, an associate professor of English at the University of Victoria and an educational film, “Ivory Tower” by Andrew Rossi, a graduate of Harvard and Yale University and a filmmaker. Furthermore, these problems change the meaning of college itself, no longer seen as an education, but as a commodity.

This then causes students to shy away from the mission, thus affecting their overall performance of acting or learning in class and public. According to Hacker and Dreifus, “...professors must make an effort to reach their students...they must become conscientious, caring, and attentive to every corner of their classrooms” (Dreifus and Hacker 180). While this may be true, colleges are definitively becoming overly involved in satisfying students through specific programs and activities, which results in little concern of actual student welfare and education. If colleges have no concern for their students, then why should students be expected to pay and not receive an acceptable education? Though students have significant qualms towards the expected payment for tuition, they are more focused on

"A Conveyer Belt of Droupouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges"and "The Devil and Tom Walker" may not seem to be alike at first, but as you get to read both of these exerpts a clear theme is identified. For profit colleges are not worth the financial risk, as for-profit colleges are more geared towards taking your money, as opposed to providing you with the best education it can offer.

As described earlier in this report, for-profit colleges are allowed access to federal financial aid only under particular circumstances. First, for-profit schools must meet a market test, demonstrating that a portion of their revenue comes from somewhere other than federal aid. Even though this requirement has serious loopholes, many for-profit colleges still come very close to transgressing the 90 percent limit on Department of Education revenue, so the

Authors: Matos, Frederico, Source: Journal of Higher Education Policy & Management. Dec2013, Vol. 35 Issue 6, p626-638. 13p.

The article on ‘An overview of higher education in America’ reviews the financing, students and institutions of higher education. They provide a general picture that reflects the changes that have taken place in higher education and America and the public policies that predict its future. The

The for-profit college and university (FPCU) is an institutional type that “’do[es]’ education or schooling but also ‘behave[s]’ like a business, while preparing students for occupational roles (Hentschke, Lechuga & Tierney, 2010, p. 2). This paper will discuss history; cite changes in curriculum, degree offerings, and institution classification; and explore current issues of financial viability, accreditation, and fraudulent practices of the for-profit college.

Using the reputation of the school, for their profit. For Profit, vocational colleges promise faulty certifications with nine weeks of training. The Vocational school using aggressive recruiting ads on TV, containing high job placement after graduation propaganda. Students are taking out loans for college each year. The loans cover the tuition, but only if you sell your soul to your lender. Money lent and spent towards overpricing tuition and expensive books and supplies. Money is spent everywhere in schooling business. All forms of colleges are dipping their toe in the money pool. The high spike in tuition rates over the past years show, money over morals. Higher education will always be around in the world. In America and overseas prices will continue to drive up, and state officials will try to make it cheaper for the student. The only way to succeed in life is to sell your soul and go to

Financial aid expert Mark Kantrowitz told me something similar a couple of years ago: “The problem with for-profit colleges is that when the company sacrifices long-term success for short-term gains, they are also sacrificing students... So the key question is how to restructure the entire industry so that long-term success is never sacrificed for short-term gains.” He added that the gainful employment regulation “is a step in that direction, but it’s not a complete

Rhoades, G. (2014). The Higher Education We Choose, Collectively: Reembodying and Repoliticizing Choice. Journal Of Higher Education, 85(6), 917-930.

Researchers of for-profit post-secondary institutions have realized that for-profit post-secondary institutions are fast growing players in the post-secondary education sector. Most researchers in the education industry come from the non-profit sector and often criticize for-profit institutions as wrong doers. Researchers hold that for-profit institutions sell degrees, misrepresent and deceive their students leading to defaulted student loans and an on-going defrauding of the federal government. Research demonstrates that the Federal government has responded to the criticism of their lack of oversight of post-secondary for-profit institutions with numerous regulations, some apply only to for-profit institutions. These regulations control everything from, the programs offered, the way admissions recruiters are compensated, limitations on default rates and limitations on the revenue a for-profit institution can derive from federal funds. However, the research around for-profit educations does not address the adequacy of the regulations in serving their underlying purpose or to address the impact, if any, on for-profit institutions.

It has become common in today’s society to dismiss the quality of education given to students in higher institutes. Many college students mention that they are not satisfied with the education they have been given for the price. A study from researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles noted that “44% of college students were not satisfied with the quality of their education” (“College”). Though the