TY - BOOK AU - Berg,Gary A. TI - Lessons from the edge: for-profit and nontraditional higher education in America T2 - ACE/Praeger series on higher education SN - 0275982580 : AV - LC66 .B46 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Westport, CT PB - Praeger KW - Education, Higher KW - Economic aspects KW - United States KW - Private universities and colleges KW - Public universities and colleges N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-209) and index; 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 ER -