在高等教育生源市场同样竞争激烈的美国,一所营利性高等教育办学机构——凤凰城大学(University of Phoenix,简称UOP)显现出卓绝的生命力。短短32年的办学历史中,从最初一个仅有8名在职成人的培训班,发展到现在拥有30多万名注册学生的世界巨型大学,引起了教育界对其办学模式的普遍关注。凤凰城大学不仅实现了很高的社会价值,还创造了可观的经济效益。 In the similarly competitive United States, where the source of higher education is also highly competitive, the University of Phoenix (UOP), a for-profit institution of higher education, has shown great vitality. In just 32 years of running history, from the first training course of only 8 working adults to the world’s largest university with more than 300,000 registered students, it has aroused widespread concern in education circles about its mode of running schools. University of Phoenix not only achieved high social value, but also created considerable economic benefits.