Earnings from Learning
(October 2006)
The Rise of For-Profit Universities David W. Breneman - Editor Brian Pusser - Editor Sarah E. Turner - Editor
Documents the rise of for-profit education as a dynamic and powerful force in higher education.
Earnings from Learning examines the historical and contemporary factors that have fueled the rise of postsecondary for-profit, degree-granting institutions as a dynamic and powerful force in education. The contributors focus on such institutions as the University of Phoenix, DeVry, and Strayer to present theoretica...(Read More)
Burning Down the House
(April 2004)
Politics, Governance, and Affirmative Action at the University of California Brian Pusser - Author
A riveting analysis of the struggle to eliminate affirmative action at the University of California.
Burning Down the House presents a riveting analysis of one of the most nationally prominent and bitterly contested policy battles in the history of American higher education: the struggle to eliminate affirmative action at the University of California. A timely and essential addition to the literature on affirmative a...(Read More)