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for-profit colleges: a standalone construct

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for-profitcolleges1 CONSTRUCTFor-profit colleges DEMING · ECONOMICS

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Economics of education

privately owned, profit-seeking postsecondary institutions that enroll many nontraditional students and rely heavily on federal aid.

In economics of education, for-profit colleges refers to privately owned, profit-seeking postsecondary institutions that enroll many nontraditional students and rely heavily on federal aid. This meaning comes from Deming (2012) in Journal of Economic Perspectives.[1]

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  1. Deming, D. J., Goldin, C., & Katz, L. F. (2012). The For-Profit Postsecondary School Sector: Nimble Critters or Agile Predators? Journal of Economic Perspectives, 26(1), 139-164. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.26.1.139

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