The Rise of the For-Profit Sector in US Higher Education and the Brazilian Effect

European Journal of Education

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 242-259

  Douglass, John Aubrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

For profit higher education; Policymaking; Socioeconomic mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861394821     PISSN: 01418211     EISSN: 14653435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3435.2012.01521.x     Document Type: Article

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