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Direct linkDavid Mickey-Pabello – Sociology of Education, 2024
The study of affirmative action bans suffers from focusing on the ivory tower as the site for the impacts of affirmative action bans. Prior literature on affirmative action bans has missed the bigger picture, failing to see that less glamorous schools have also been impacted by the bans. This article fully fleshes out the impacts of affirmative…
Descriptors: For Profit Colleges, Affirmative Action, Minority Group Students, Disproportionate Representation
Download full textBan Cheah; Martin Van Der Werf; Catherine Morris; Jeff Strohl – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2025
This ROI data tool provides an overview of the median ROI among certificate, associate's, and bachelor's degree-granting institutions, at the 10-, 15-, 20-, 30-, and 40-year time horizons. An interactive table allows viewers to compare ROI across institutions, by degree type, state, and the control of the institution (public, private nonprofit, or…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Public Colleges, Private Colleges, For Profit Colleges
Alexandra Hegji – Congressional Research Service, 2024
Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA; P.L. 89-329), as amended, authorizes programs that provide financial assistance to students to pursue postsecondary education at eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs). In academic year (AY) 2022-2023 (July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023), 5,918 domestic institutions had written agreements with the U.S.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Student Financial Aid
Thomasina O. Lawson; Mario Jackson – Journal of Research Initiatives, 2019
This article presents a different discourse to promote access to and equity in higher education by re-examining the value of for-profit education and its attractiveness to African-American students underserved by traditional institutions. The authors suggest that for-profit institutions face similar challenges to traditional schools in the…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Students, For Profit Colleges, Access to Education
