Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy

by Tressie McMillan Cottom

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"The best book yet on the complex lives and choices of for-profit students." -- The New York Times Book Review As seen on The Daily Show , NPR's Marketplace , and Fresh Air , the "powerful, chilling tale" (Carol Anderson) of higher education becoming an engine of social inequality More than two million students are enrolled in for-profit colleges, from the small family-run operations to the behemoths brandished on billboards, subway ads, and late-night...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1620970600

ISBN13:9781620970607

Release Date:February 2017

Publisher:New Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.92 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.7" x 8.3"

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