Educational Development Process Analysis of American For-Profit Universities
AUTHORS
Russel Blanco,University of Mindanao, Philippines
Renann Custodio,University of Mindanao, Philippines
Rosemary Marcos,Lyceum of the Philippines University Laguna, Philippines
ABSTRACT
The development of higher education in the United States has always been under the dual influence of the government and the market, showing that "freedom and control depend on each other, control and checks and balances follow, and both incentives and constraints are emphasized." American for-profit universities have experienced four interaction mechanisms: "weak government, strong market", "weak government, weak market", "strong government, strong market", and "strong government, weak market", and a continuous "pendulum phenomenon" has appeared. The loose policy environment and strong market demand have a strong driving effect on American for-profit universities. On the contrary, the development of for-profit universities will face obstacles. Undoubtedly, whether the government and market forces are ebb and flow, or the two advance and retreat together, they have a huge chain effect on for-profit universities, affecting and even determining the destiny of for-profit universities. For American for-profit universities to get out of the development dilemma, they need to reconcile the tension between the government and the market.
KEYWORDS
For-profit universities, Development process, Pendulum phenomenon, Educational logic, Market logic