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Tressie mcmillan cottom books5/26/2023 A) They are predatory institutions which exploit disadvantaged students (part and parcel with this is a view that these students are dupes) or B) They are a savvy, private response to the failure of public institutions to train workers for our modern labor market. There are a couple dominant narratives around for-profit colleges, which Tressie McMillan Cottom outlines. Lower Ed is a non-fiction book about the rise of a new class of for-profit colleges-distinct from the old “mom and pop” for-profits-which operate as major investment vehicles and seek to capitalize on the ever-increasing demand for credentials, and the inability of American higher education or employers to meet it.
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