Rebel with a Cause: The Entrepreneur Who Created the University of Phoenix and the For-Profit Revolution in Higher Education

ISBN-13: 9780471326045 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 265 str.

John G. Sperling

Opis

Born to a Missouri sharecropping couple, John Sperling discovered books at sea as a merchant marine. He returned to college and earned a doctorate from Cambridge, but found academic life too stifling. Driven by a vision of a new for-profit university that would offer adults a second chance at higher education, he returned to America and, aged 52, created the University of Phoenix. Less than 25 years later, Phoenix is the largest university in America. This book tells the story of Sperling's astounding success. It relates a dramatic personal success story, from merchant marine to academic professor and business entrepreneur, and offers insights into the unique strategies that have made the University of Phoenix an academic and stock market success. Sperling expounds his erudite views on self-funding universities, examining the intersection of business and education policy.

Recenzje

"A remarkably cogent story of a most remarkable man. Sperling's openness about problems and failures inspires and informs the entrepreneurial spirit. Sperling describes the extraordinary power and potential of focused human intensity. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in starting or building a business."-Peter Lewis, Chairman and CEO, The Progressive Corporation "A great life and a great read."-George Soros

Spis treści

Lessons. The Education of John Sperling: Part I-1939 to 1954-A Sea Change. The Education of John Sperling: Part II-1954 to 1960-Voyage to Europe. San Jose State and the Transmogrification of John Sperling: Reentering Academe. The Unintentional Entrepreneur: Summing Up. Exodus from California and Flight to the Valley of the Sun: Seeking a Strategy for Survival. The War in Arizona: Setting the Scene. Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch: Part I-1979 to 1981-The FBI Arrives-RICO. Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch: Part II-1981 to 1986. Toward an IPO and Beyond: Preparation for and Launch of the IPO-1986 to 2000. Giving Back: Part I. Giving Back: Part II-The War against the War on Drugs. Give Back: Part III-The Second Battle for Proposition 200. Epilogue. Endnotes. Index

O autorze

JOHN SPERLING is Chairman and CEO of Apollo Group, Inc., the parent company of the University of Phoenix. He and his companies are widely covered in the financial and educational press, and have been the subject of feature articles in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, Business Week, and the New Yorker.