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Ehrenberg Ronald G |
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Titolo |
Tuition rising [[electronic resource] ] : why college costs so much / / Ronald G. Ehrenberg |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2002 |
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Edizione |
[1st paperback ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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College costs - United States |
Education, Higher - Economic aspects - United States |
Universities and colleges - United States - Administration |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-302) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""Preface, 2002""; ""I Setting the Stage""; ""1 Why Do Costs Keep Rising at Selective Private Colleges and Universities?""; ""2 Who Is in Charge of the University?""; ""II Wealth and the Quest for Prestige""; ""3 Endowment Policies, Development Policies, and the Color of Money""; ""4 Undergraduate and Graduate Program Rankings""; ""5 Admissions and Financial Aid Policies""; ""III The Primacy of Science over Economics""; ""6 Why Relative Prices Don�t Matter""; ""7 Staying on the Cutting Edge in Science""; ""IV The Faculty""; ""8 Salaries"" |
""9 Tenure and the End of Mandatory Retirement""""V Space""; ""10 Deferred Maintenance, Space Planning, and Imperfect Information""; ""11 The Costs of Space""; ""VI Academic and Administrative Issues""; ""12 Internal Transfer Prices""; ""13 Enrollment Management""; ""14 Information Technology, Libraries, and Distance Learning""; ""VII The Nonacademic Infrastructure""; ""15 Parking and Transportation""; ""16 Cooling Systems""; ""VIII Student Life""; ""17 Intercollegiate Athletics and Gender Equity""; ""18 Dining and Housing""; ""IX Conclusion""; ""19 Looking to the Future"" |
""20 A Final Thought""""Appendix. Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Retirement Plans""; ""Notes""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Index"" |
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