Do costs differ between for-profit and not-for-profit producers of higher education?

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 429-441

  Laband, David N ^a   Lentz, Bernard F ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

For profit; Higher education; Not for profit; Positional competition; Production costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843152906     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:RIHE.0000027394.33115.71     Document Type: Review

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