03218nam 2200637Ia 450 991045515400332120200520144314.00-674-03443-010.4159/9780674034433(CKB)1000000000805470(EBL)3300613(SSID)ssj0000262817(PQKBManifestationID)11220712(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000262817(PQKBWorkID)10270941(PQKB)10394604(MiAaPQ)EBC3300613(Au-PeEL)EBL3300613(CaPaEBR)ebr10328789(OCoLC)923112372(DE-B1597)574451(DE-B1597)9780674034433(EXLCZ)99100000000080547020000321d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTuition rising[electronic resource] why college costs so much /Ronald G. Ehrenberg1st paperback ed.Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press20021 online resource (336 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-674-00328-4 0-674-00988-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-302) and index.""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""College costsUnited StatesEducation, HigherEconomic aspectsUnited StatesUniversities and collegesUnited StatesAdministrationElectronic books.College costsEducation, HigherEconomic aspectsUniversities and collegesAdministration.378.106Ehrenberg Ronald G89045MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455154003321Tuition rising2456692UNINA