Degrees of Deception explains the development and widespread abuses of the for-profit higher education sector in America. To illustrate the scope and degree of wrongdoing in for-profit higher education, readers are exposed to the industry in the same sequential order that students experience it in reality. A few examples include predatory recruitment, targeting military service members, questionable quality of programs, predatory lending, high withdrawal and default rates, manipulation of job placement data, and strategic lobbying efforts to block comprehensive reform. Following this analysis, Degrees of Deception offers bold and unprecedented solutions to tackle the crisis in a way that protects millions of student victims and taxpayers indefinitely.
Autorentext
By Kevin W. Connell
Zusammenfassung
Degrees of Deception explains the development and widespread abuses of the for-profit higher education sector in America. To illustrate the scope and degree of wrongdoing in forprofit higher education, readers are exposed to the industry in the same sequential order that students experience it in reality. A few examples include predatory recruitment, targeting military service members, questionable quality of programs, predatory lending, high withdrawal and default rates, manipulation of job placement data, and strategic lobbying efforts to block comprehensive reform. Following this analysis, Degrees of Deception offers bold and unprecedented solutions to tackle the crisis in a way that protects millions of student victims and taxpayers indefinitely.
Inhalt
Dedication
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: The For-Profit Framework
Chapter 2: Hook, Line, and Sinker
Chapter 3: Why the Cross Hairs on Veterans?
Chapter 4: Filling the Gap or Filling Seats?
Chapter 5: Cooking the Books
Chapter 6: Lending Lies
Chapter 7: Empty Wallets & Shattered Dreams
Chapter 8: Buying Blind Eyes and Deaf Ears
Chapter 9: Eradication
Chapter 10: Diplomas for Jobs, Not Pink Slips