August 10, 2001

Study Tracks Growth of For-Profit Colleges

By ANNE MARIE BORREGO

For-profit, degree-granting institutions have grown at a significantly faster rate than their nonprofit counterparts, according to a report released in July by the Education Commission of the States.

"Meeting Needs and Making Profits: The Rise of For-Profit Degree-Granting Institutions" examines both small, single-location "enterprise colleges" and multicampus systems like DeVry Institutes and the University of Phoenix.

Among two-year institutions, according to the commission's

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