Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy

by Tressie McMillan Cottom

Book Overview

"The best book yet on the complex lives and choices of for-profit students." -- The New York Times Book Review As seen on The Daily Show , NPR's Marketplace , and Fresh Air , the "powerful, chilling tale" (Carol Anderson) of higher education becoming an engine of social inequality More than two million students are enrolled in for-profit colleges, from the small family-run operations to the behemoths brandished on billboards, subway ads, and late-night...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620970600
• ISBN13: 9781620970607
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.3"