Higher Education in the United States : : The Economic Problems / / ed. by Seymour E. Harris.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1960 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Edition: | Reprint 2014 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (252 p.) :; 30 tables, 3 figures, 2 charts |
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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 |
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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. |