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[Editor's Note: Please let us know of any additions or corrections.] Books Alexander, Bryan (2020). Academia Next: The Futures of Higher Education. Johns Hopkins Press. Alexander, Bryan (2023). Universities on Fire. Johns Hopkins Press. Angulo, A. (2016). Diploma Mills: How For-profit Colleges Stiffed Students, Taxpayers, and the American Dream. Johns Hopkins University Press.
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