The contemporary provision of for-profit higher education: Mapping the competitive market

Earnings From Learning: The Rise of For-Profit Universities

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3-22

  Breneman, David W ^a   Pusser, Brian ^a   Turner, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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