The for-profit higher education giant

By Dante J Salto. Profit-making in higher education engages controversial issues and debates involving the proper bounds of market activity. While it is widely recognised that many non-profit institutions engage in profit-making, this article deals with those institutions that are legally allowed to distribute revenues among shareholders and specifically focuses on Brazil – one of the world’s largest higher education for-profit sub-sectors. Brazil’s for-profits enrolled over two million students in 2010 – 43% of the private sector and 32% of the overall higher education system. Read more...