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