RWS HW October 4th

Homework October 6^th

List the three main claims of Carey gives in the first half of the text suggesting there are problems with for-profit universities; and kinds of evidence provided for each claim.

·      Unfortunately, a large and growing number of graduates of for-profit colleges are having trouble paying those loans back.

- Current Events, examples

·      Without oversight, the combination of government subsidies and financially unsophisticated consumers guarantees outright fraud or programs that, while technically legitimate, are so substandard that the distinction of legitimacy has no meaning.

- Personal Anecdotes, Interviews, Examples

·      As a rule, for-profits charge much more than public colleges and universities.

- Statistics, Expert Testimonies, Current Events

List the three main claims Carey gives in the second half of the text suggesting public universities have caused many of the problems for profits seek to remedy.

·      For-profits exist in large part to fix educational market failures left by traditional institutions, and they profit by serving students that public and private nonprofit institutions too often ignore.

- Examples, Current Events, Expert Testimonies

·      Traditional institutions tend to respond to such ventures by indicting the quality of for profit degrees.

- Examples, Expert Testimonies

·      For profits fill a void left by traditional institutions that once believed their world was constant.

- Current Events, Examples

List one element of Carey’s text you would like to investigate- a claim, some evidence, a strategy, etc.

·      The for profit Kaplan University recently struck a deal with the California community-college system to provide courses that the bankrupt public colleges cannot.