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dc.contributor.advisorRhoades, Gary
dc.contributor.advisorJaquette, Ozan
dc.contributor.authorParkman, Amanda Lee
dc.creatorParkman, Amanda Lee
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-21T23:50:24Z
dc.date.available2018-06-21T23:50:24Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/628060
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the relationship between for-profit higher education institutions and accreditation. Two sets of research questions are examined. The first set of research questions looks at the characteristics of for-profits regionally accredited versus nationally accredited. The second set of research questions looks at the characteristics of for-profits that keep accreditation versus those who lose accreditation. Analysis is conducted using panel longitudinal data that has been merged together from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the Office of Federal Student Aid, and the Postsecondary Education Participation System (PEPS). Both descriptive statistics and logistic regressions are used to explore the hypotheses in this paper. The findings contribute to the field’s understanding of for-profits and accreditation. This paper found in general for-profits are not losing accreditation. Regionally accreditors in particular are not revoking accreditation. Larger for-profits are more likely to be regionally accredited. Revenue, enrollment, and number of campuses, in particular seem to keep institutions from losing accreditation. Policy continues to be created (or reversed) to address concerns over for-profits but it has done so without enough statistical analysis to backup those decisions. The relationship between for-profits and accreditation is mutually beneficial and therefore needs to be further researched and addressed.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.en_US
dc.subjectaccreditationen_US
dc.subjectfor-profit higher education institutionsen_US
dc.subjectinstitutional theoryen_US
dc.subjectnationalen_US
dc.subjectregionalen_US
dc.subjectresource dependency theoryen_US
dc.titleExploring the Relationship Between Accreditation and For-Profit Higher Education Institutionsen_US
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dc.typeElectronic Thesisen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberKraus, Amanda
dc.contributor.committeememberDeil-Amen, Regina
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHigher Educationen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.Ed.en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-06-21T23:50:25Z


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