Higher Education in the United States : : The Economic Problems / / ed. by Seymour E. Harris.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Adams, John Cranford,; Bates, George E.,; Bennett, George F.,; Bokelman, W. Robert,; Bowles, Frank H.,; Bridgman, D. S.,; Bump, Boardman,; Cabot, Paul C.,; Cain, J. Harvey,; Caplow, Theodore,; Cole, Charles W.,; Coombs, Philip H.,; Cooper, Richard N.,; Deitch, Kenneth,; Eckstein, Otto,; Eurich, Alvin C,; Gladfelter, Millard E.,; Hall, J. Parker,; Harris, Seymour E.,; Houston, Livingston W.,; Hughes, Everett C.,; Iffert, Robert E.,; Johnson, Eldon L.,; Kaysen, Carl,; Keeney, Barnaby C.,; Mather, J. Paul,; McCune, Shannon,; Meek, John F.,; Moon, Rexford G.,; Morrison, Donald H.,; Morse, John F.,; Musgrave, Richard A.,; Niebuhr, Elizabeth,; O’Dowd, Donald D.,; Riesman, David,; Sanford, Nevitt,; Skinner, B. F.,; Stewart, Blair,; Thorp, Willard L.,; Tripp, Hulbert W.,; Underhill, Robert M.,; Wilson, O. Meredith,; Wolfle, Dael,
• TeilnehmendeR: Cooper, Richard N.; Green, Reginald H.; Harris, Seymour E.; Humez, Elisabeth.
• HerausgeberIn: Harris, Seymour E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1960
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 p.) :; 30 tables, 3 figures, 2 charts
• Other title: Frontmatter --; PREFATORY NOTE --; CONTENTS --; I. INTRODUCTION --; Introduction: Some Broad Issues --; II. PRICING AND THE STUDENT BODY --; Summary of Proceedings --; A College Administrator Views the Tuition Problem --; Is the Low-Tuition Principle Outmoded? --; Higher Fees and the Position of Private Institutions --; Equalizing Opportunity under Higher Charges --; Some General Observations on the Pricing of Higher Education --; The Problem of Higher College Tuition --; Tuition and Costs --; III. GOVERNMENT AID --; Some Issues Raised by Recent Legislation --; Federal and State Aid --; State Aid for Private Institutions in Pennsylvania --; The Tax-Credit Proposal --; Higher Education and the Federal Budget --; IV. FACULTY STATUS --; Faculty Problems in the Liberal Arts College --; Some Issues of Supply and Productivity --; Non-Economic Aspects of Academic Morale --; Faculty Pay and Institutional Extravagance --; Some Statistical Aspects --; V. EXPERIMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES --; The Hofstra Experiment for Commuters --; The New College Plan --; The Dartmouth Experiment --; Theories of Higher Education and the Experimental College --; Experimentation and the Liberal Arts College --; Some Problems at Amherst --; The College Plan at Wesleyan --; VI. ECONOMICS AND EDUCATIONAL VALUES --; Some Problems of Assessing (and Improving) the Quality of a College --; Economies and Educational Values --; Problems in Estimating the Monetary Value of College Education --; Increasing Productivity in Higher Education --; Teaching Machines --; Some Observations on the Allocation of Resources in Higher Education --; The High Cost of Low-Cost Education --; VII. INVESTMENT AND ENDOWMENT POLICIES --; Difficulties in Determining Investment Policies --; Objectives of Investment Policies --; Some Examples of Experience with Growth Stocks --; Growth and Income --; Investment Possibilities --; 61 Broadway --; Unorthodox Investing --; Should Harvard Borrow? --; Recent Trends in Endowment --; Special Problems in Public Institutions --; APPENDIX --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674423305; 9783110353488; 9783110353556; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674423305
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Seymour E. Harris.