Restoring the promise : higher education in America / / Richard K. Vedder

• Autore: Vedder Richard K.
• Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : , : Independent Institute, , [2019]; 2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 378.73
• Soggetto topico: Education, Higher - Aims and objectives - United States; Education, Higher - United States - Finance; Public universities and colleges - United States - Finance; Higher education and state - United States
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Higher education's triple crisis -- Why go to college anyway? -- College is too costly -- Students aren't learning critical knowledge and employable skills -- College graduates are underemployed -- How did we get here? -- Nearly four centuries of higher learning -- Why fees and costs are rising so fast -- Why endowments don't lower the cost of tuition -- The federal student financial assistance debt crisis -- Where does all the money go? -- Universities? : Spending perversities -- Nonacademic activities and rip-offs -- The edifice complex -- The costly enterprise of intercollegiate athletics -- Is educating students a top priority? -- The conundrum of research -- The academic cartel of accreditation -- The scandal of diversity -- The weaknesses of current university governance -- Where do we go from here? -- The three I's of university reform -- The failure of government higher education policy -- Reforming higher education.
• Titolo autorizzato: Restoring the promise
• ISBN: 1-59813-330-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816939903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II