"Access, Competition and For-Profit Higher Education"
September 21-22, 2012

Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Rhodes Conference Room
Sponsored by a grant from the American Educational Research Association (AREA)

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This Conference aims to:
1. Bring to bear interdisciplinary analysis on all facets of the social, political, economic, institutional, and cultural implications of for-profit higher education
2. Define the existing body of research and make proposals for future research on for-profits
3. Create a set of policy recommendations for individual researchers, universities, governmental and NGO agencies
4. Create a methodological toolkit to facilitate the production of sound research on for-profits
5. Produce a conference proposal, digital learning modules, and an outline for an edited volume

Three Plenary Sessions will address:
1. The history, scope and contemporary research issues in the study of competition, access, and the role of for-profit degree-granting colleges and universities
2. The roles of public finance and regulation in for-profit education
3. The methodological and measurement issues in for-profit research

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