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All out war: media coverage of for-profit higher education

July 27, 2011 2242

Tim Gramling’s study, “All Out War: Media Coverage of For-Profit Education,” recently published in SAGE Open, systematically charts the frequency and intensity of stories about for-profits in the news since Barack Obama’s election in November 2008. Focusing on how the U.S. government and for-profits themselves drove this coverage, Gramling describes how this divide both facilitates information exchange, and employs personalization and fragmentation.

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Sage, the parent of Social Science Space, is a global academic publisher of books, journals, and library resources with a growing range of technologies to enable discovery, access, and engagement. Believing that research and education are critical in shaping society, 24-year-old Sara Miller McCune founded Sage in 1965. Today, we are controlled by a group of trustees charged with maintaining our independence and mission indefinitely. 

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