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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806124503321

Autore

Sandler Michael R. <1940->

Titolo

Social entrepreneurship in education : private ventures for the public good / / Michael R. Sandler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Education, c2010

ISBN

9786613913364

1-283-60091-9

1-60709-357-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 p.)

Collana

New frontiers in education

Disciplina

371.19/5

Soggetti

Business and education - United States

Privatization in education - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter One: Energy and Persistence Conquer All Things; Chapter Two: Bold Interventions; Chapter Three: Breaking the Mold; Chapter Four: Venturing into Education; Chapter Five: The Journey and Challenges of Scale and Profitability; Chapter Six: Mining the Gold; Chapter Seven: Boom, Bust, and Unforseen Consequences; Chapter Eight: Building Sustainable Structure for the Education Industry; Chapter Nine: Education Entrepreneurs Responding to the Call; Epilogue-Baseball, Education and Our Future; Bibliography

Additional ResourcesIndex; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The purpose of this book is to share with the reader a unique experience of a seasoned career entrepreneur with the commitment to improve education and benefited by working with three highly regarded business and education leaders as mentors set out to define and build an education industry.