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for-profit institutions  

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  • The technical difference between for-profit and not-for-profit educational institutions rests primarily on the treatment of net income, or surplus revenue. In the case of a not-for-profit institution, all net income must be retained by the institution and used to support its educational or charitable mission. [Source: Encyclopedia of Distributed Learning; For-Profit Institutions]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/for-profit_institutions

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