Degrees of Deception : America's for-Profit Higher Education Fraud by Kevin W. Connell (2016, Hardcover)

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PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-101475826052
ISBN-139781475826050
eBay Product ID (ePID)219407463

Product Key Features

Number of Pages172 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameDegrees of Deception : America's For-Profit Higher Education Fraud
SubjectEducational Policy & Reform / General, Finance, Higher
Publication Year2016
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaEducation
AuthorKevin W. Connell
FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight15.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2015-043062
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsProvocative, bold, and innovative. Kevin Connell proposes serious reforms to what he believes to be one of the largest problems in higher education today: for-profit colleges and their public financing. In this book, Kevin Connell explains to readers that redirecting federal funds from wasteful for-profit colleges to affordable public higher education alternatives better serves the interests of students and taxpayers., My story is not just one chapter in this book, but a collection of many. More than anything, I was affected by predatory lending at ITT after my admissions advisor signed my name to Navient student loans without my knowledge or permission. I am still fighting to have the loan taken off my credit, but neither ITT nor Navient will listen to me. Degrees of Deception gives me a voice to finally be heard. Read this book and avoid making the same mistake I did., Provocative, bold, and innovative. Kevin Connell proposes serious reforms to what he believes to be one of the largest problems in higher education today: for-profit colleges and their public financing. In this book, Kevin Connell explains to readers that redirecting federal funds from wasteful for-profit colleges to affordable public higher education alternatives better serves the interests of students and taxpayers., This is a MUST read. Meticulous and powerful research gives voice to the many student victims who are trapped by charlatans selling the American dream for profit. Degrees of Deception brings much needed light into this politically dark corner of private enterprise. It offers hope for justice and accountability to victims who suffered dreams broken by greed. An important rock thrown by a brave David at a Goliath of a deceptive industry., My story is not just one chapter in this book, but a collection of many. More than anything, I was affected by predatory lending at ITT after my admissions advisor signed my name to Navient student loans without my knowledge or permission. I am still fighting to have the loan taken off my credit, but neither ITT nor Navient will listen to me. Degrees of Deception gives me a voice to finally be heard. Read this book and avoid making the same mistake I did., "Provocative, bold, and innovative. Kevin Connell proposes serious reforms to what he believes to be one of the largest problems in higher education today: for-profit colleges and their public financing. In this book, Kevin Connell explains to readers that redirecting federal funds from wasteful for-profit colleges to affordable public higher education alternatives better serves the interests of students and taxpayers." --Anthony Y. Gu, Professor of Finance at the State University of New York at Geneseo. Fulbright Scholar 2005-2006 "My story is not just one chapter in this book, but a collection of many. More than anything, I was affected by predatory lending at ITT after my admissions advisor signed my name to Navient student loans without my knowledge or permission. I am still fighting to have the loan taken off my credit, but neither ITT nor Navient will listen to me. Degrees of Deception gives me a voice to finally be heard. Read this book and avoid making the same mistake I did." --Vicki Plunkett, former student, ITT Technical Institute "This is a MUST read. Meticulous and powerful research gives voice to the many student victims who are trapped by charlatans selling the American dream for profit. Degrees of Deception brings much needed light into this politically dark corner of private enterprise. It offers hope for justice and accountability to victims who suffered dreams broken by greed. An important rock thrown by a brave David at a Goliath of a deceptive industry." --Patricia O'Grady, Ph.D., former Dean, Argosy University "Kevin Connell's book, Degrees of Deception, is a chivalrous book-a zeitgeist. It maps my own victimization with eerie precision. I feel vindicated now that these colleges are finally getting their 'over' due. My recruiter shamelessly HOOK, LINE, and SINKERed me at a critically vulnerable time when I was a full time caregiver for my dying husband who had been sick for 16 years with a devastating illness. This college struck and blind-sided me, taking with them all our residual savings and secured two loans to insure a future parasitic drain that can never be recouped." --Rose E. Grier, former student at Argosy University, Kevin Connell's book, Degrees of Deception, is a chivalrous book-a zeitgeist. It maps my own victimization with eerie precision. I feel vindicated now that these colleges are finally getting their 'over' due. My recruiter shamelessly HOOK, LINE, and SINKERed me at a critically vulnerable time when I was a full time caregiver for my dying husband who had been sick for 16 years with a devastating illness. This college struck and blind-sided me, taking with them all our residual savings and secured two loans to insure a future parasitic drain that can never be recouped.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal378.040973
Table Of ContentDedication Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: The For-Profit Framework Chapter 2: Hook, Line, and Sinker Chapter 3: Why the Cross Hairs on Veterans? Chapter 4: Filling the Gap or Filling Seats? Chapter 5: Cooking the Books Chapter 6: Lending Lies Chapter 7: Empty Wallets & Shattered Dreams Chapter 8: Buying Blind Eyes and Deaf Ears Chapter 9: Eradication Chapter 10: Diplomas for Jobs, Not Pink Slips
SynopsisDegrees of Deception explains the development and widespread abuses of the for-profit higher education sector in America. Degrees of Deception offers bold and unprecedented solutions to tackle the crisis in a way that protects millions of student victims and taxpayers indefinitely., Degrees of Deception explains the development and widespread abuses of the for-profit higher education sector in America. To illustrate the scope and degree of wrongdoing in for-profit higher education, readers are exposed to the industry in the same sequential order that students experience it in reality. A few examples include predatory recruitment, targeting military service members, questionable quality of programs, predatory lending, high withdrawal and default rates, manipulation of job placement data, and strategic lobbying efforts to block comprehensive reform. Following this analysis, Degrees of Deception offers bold and unprecedented solutions to tackle the crisis in a way that protects millions of student victims and taxpayers indefinitely.
LC Classification NumberLB2328.52.U6C66 2016
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