Lessons from the edge: for-profit and nontraditional higher education in America

Introduction : building "educational hobo jungles"?

Soft in the middle : current challenges in higher education

The surprising story of for-profit and nontraditional higher education in America

Missions : who are you?

Junkyard dogs : the culture and rhetoric of for-profits

Organizational structure : managers not administrators

"Creative tension" : decision-making process at for-profit universities

Faculties

Challenges for the for-profits

Conclusion.