Tuition rising [[electronic resource] ] : why college costs so much / / Ronald G. Ehrenberg
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st paperback ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 378.106 |
| Soggetto topico: | College costs - United States |
| Education, Higher - Economic aspects - United States | |
| Universities and colleges - United States - Administration | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-302) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""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"" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Tuition rising |
| ISBN: | 0-674-03443-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910455154003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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