For-profit education

Today, Sept 29, 2009 over 1,000 students will go to the USA Capitol to voice their concern for the effect that potential changes to defining and funding accredited courses at for-profit colleges. Leading them will be Arthur Keiser, Chancellor of private for-profit Keiser University. He is also the elected head of the association of for-profit colleges in the USA. This was prompted by a commission spearheaded by Democratic Senator of Iowa, Tom Harkin. Mr. Harken was presented with a documentary film that showed what many would consider high pressured recruiting. I will not argue that this high pressured recruiting does not take place in some college recruiting but I do object to people being given the impression that this is the only form of recruiting that takes place in for-profit institutions and that non-profit or traditional colleges do not use any pressure tactics in recruiting.

Just take a look at what recruiters do to get star athletes.

I am interested in the opinions of my fellow members here in Classroom 2.0.

Love & Peace, Deborah

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Permalink Reply by John J Caprice on October 4, 2010 at 5:22pm

Dear Deb,

I have a simple observation. I graduated from a private, non-profit college in 1978. My last year's tuition was $987.00.
You read that right, nine hundred eighty seven dollars for a full accredited semester of professional college credits.

Tha same semester today would cost me $18,000.00, that's Eighteen thousand dollars. An increase of 200 times.
Now teacher salaries did not increase by 200X, they were about $20,000 per year in 1978. They have increased since then but by not more than 5X. Utilities have not increased by more than 10X. And Non-Profit Colleges do not pay property or income taxes.
Now, since I have had 3 children in College recently, I can attest that this tuition is quite the norm across all non state colleges. State Colleges are much cheaper, they are only $10,000.00 per semester.

So, what is this gripe about? Non-profit vs. for profit....neither of them are CHEAP!
I just do not understand what this dilemma is all about.

JJC