University of Phoenix Is The Second Largest Higher Education Institution In the U.S.

An article in the February 7, 2010 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education, "For-Profit Colleges Change Higher Education's Landscape," discusses the phenomenon of the U.S.'s nearly 3,000 career colleges growing at an average of 9% per year.  As of this academic year, University of Phoenix has 455,600 students and is surpassed in size only by the State University of New York.  Read the article:
http://0-chronicle.com.library.brookdalecc.edu/article/For-Profit-Colleges-Change-/64012/
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