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social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > key organizations (criminology) > proprietary or for-profit colleges and universities
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proprietary or for-profit colleges and universities  

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  • In the United States, the postsecondary educational landscape has been dominated historically by the existence of nonprofit public and private degree-granting colleges and universities. Over the past two decades, however, for-profit or proprietary colleges and universities have emerged as one of the fastest growing sectors of postsecondary institutions in U.S. higher education, with student enrollments continuing to grow at a rapid pace of nearly 10% a year. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Higher Education; Proprietary or For-Profit Colleges and Universities]

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