美国营利性高等教育的新危机

New Crisis of the For-profit Higher Education in USA

美国营利性高等教育独具特色,规模庞大,然而自2011年奥巴马政府对营利性高校严厉审查以来,美国营利性高等教育面临史上最严重的危机。许多营利性高校倒闭,没有倒闭的学校招生人数骤减,营利性高校所属教育公司的股票大跌,营利性高校声誉扫地。究其原因,在于营利性高校学生贷款违约率的恶化、营利性高校的虚假招生宣传与欺诈、低水平的教学质量与就业以及奥巴马政府对营利性高校的严厉审查和新规。大学逻辑与公司逻辑的冲突是营利性高校不可回避的理论与实践课题,对我国民办高等教育决策也产生了直接影响。

For-profit higher education in the United States is unique and of great scale. However, since the Obama administration＇s censorship of for-profit colleges in 2011, forprofit higher education has entered the worst crisis in its history. A large number of for-profit institutions closed down, the enrollments dropped down, the price of these education companies＇ stock plummeted, and the reputation of for-profit colleges and universities became worse. The reasons include the deteriorating default rate of student loans in for-profit colleges, the false admissions promotion and fraud, the low level of teaching quality and employment, and the severe scrutiny and new regulations of the Obama administration for for-profit schools. Conflicts between the university logic and the company logic are unavoidable theoretical and practical issues for for-profit colleges and universities.