1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465034003321

Autore

Best Joel

Titolo

The student loan mess : how good intentions created a trillion-dollar problem / / Joel Best, Eric Best

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, California ; ; Los Angeles, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-520-95844-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BestEric

Disciplina

378.3/62

Soggetti

Student loans - United States

Student loans - Government policy - United States

College graduates - United States - Finance, Personal

Electronic books.

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

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures and Table -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Good Intentions and Wasted Brainpower: The First Student Loan Mess -- 2. Disillusionment and Deadbeats: The Second Student Loan Mess -- 3. Outrage and Crushing Debt: The Third Student Loan Mess -- 4. Dread and the For-Profit Bubble: The Fourth Student Loan Mess -- 5. What's Next? Prospective Student Loan Messes -- 6. Beyond Making Messes? -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This illuminating investigation uncovers the full dimensions of the student loan disaster. A father and son team-one a best-selling sociologist, the other a former banker and current quantitative researcher-probes how we've reached the point at which student loan debt-now exceeding 1 trillion and predicted to reach 2 trillion by 2020-threatens to become the sequel to the mortgage meltdown. In spite of their good intentions, Americans have allowed concerns about deadbeat students, crushing debt, exploitative for-profit colleges, and changing attitudes about the purpose of college education to blind them to a growing crisis. With college costs climbing faster than the



cost of living, how can access to higher education remain a central part of the American dream? With more than half of college students carrying an average debt of 7,000 at graduation, what are the prospects for young adults in the current economy? Examining how we've arrived at and how we might extricate ourselves from this grave social problem, The Student Loan Mess is a must-read for everyone concerned about the future of American education. Hard facts about the student loan crisis: • Student loan debt is rising by more than 100 billion every year. • Among recent college students who are supposed to be repaying their loans, more than a third are delinquent. • Because student loans cannot be discharged through bankruptcy, the federal government misleadingly treats student loan debt as a government asset. • Higher default rates, spiraling college costs, and proposals for more generous terms for student borrowers make it increasingly likely that student loan policies will eventually cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910263035703321

Titolo

International peacekeeping

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London [England] ; ; New York : , : Frank Cass & Co., , 1994-

[Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK] : , : Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1743-906X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

327

Soggetti

International police

Peacekeeping forces

Police internationale

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Sommario/riassunto

International Peacekeeping examines the theory and practice of



peacekeeping and peace operations as instruments of policy at an international level. From a broader perspective the journal also reflects debates about peacebuilding and monitoring of agreements, preventive deployments, sanctions, international policing, protection of aid in internal disputes, and the relationship between peacekeepers, state authorities, rival factions, civilians and non-governmental organizations.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437837203321

Titolo

Agricultural Applications / / edited by Frank Kempken

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

9783642368219

3642368212

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxv, 393 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

The Mycota, A Comprehensive Treatise on Fungi as Experimental Systems for Basic and Applied Research, , 2945-8056 ; ; 11

Disciplina

630.2795

Soggetti

Agriculture

Industrial microbiology

Microbial genetics

Plant diseases

Microbiology

Nutrition

Industrial Microbiology

Microbial Genetics

Plant Pathology

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Genetics and Genomics of the Cultivated Mushrooms, Application to Breeding of Agarics -- Fungal Spoilage of Crops and Food -- Genetics, Biosynthesis and Regulation of Aflatoxins and other Aspergillus flavus Secondary Metabolites -- Fungal Toxins of Agricultural Importance.-



Organopollutant Degradation by Wood Decay Basidiomycetes -- Biological Control of Weeds with Fungi -- Disease Management of Phoma Infections -- Biology, Diversity and Management of FHB-Causing Fusarium Species in Small-Grain Cereals -- Ecological and Economical Importance of Parasitic Zoosporic True Fungi -- New Insights into Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis Evolution and Function -- Ectomycorrhiza-Specific Gene Expression -- Rust Fungi: Achievements and Future Challenges on Genomics and Host-Parasite Interactions -- The Biotrophy – Necrotrophy Switch in Fungal Pathogenesis -- Pectin as a Barrier and Nutrient Source for Fungal Plant Pathogens.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume covers the high relevance of fungi for agriculture. It is a completely updated and revised second edition with fourteen excellent chapters by leading scientists in their fields and offers a comprehensive review of the latest achievements and developments. Topics include: Food and fodder; fungal secondary metabolites and detoxification; biology, disease control and management; symbiontic fungi and mycorrhiza; and phytopathogenicity.