Studies of Supply and Demand in Higher Education.

In the United States today, there are some 3,400 separately governed colleges and universities, amounting to a higher education industry with expenditures that constitute 2.8% of the gross national product. Yet, the economic issues affecting this industry have been paid relatively little attention....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clotfelter, Charles T.
Otros Autores: Rothschild, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993.
Colección:National Bureau of Economic Research project report.
Temas:
College attendance > United States > Congresses.
Education, Higher > Economic aspects > United States > Congresses.
Education, Higher > United States > Finance > Congresses.
Effectifs étudiants > États-Unis > Congrès.
Enseignement supérieur > Aspect économique > États-Unis > Congrès.
College attendance
Education, Higher > Economic aspects
Education, Higher > Finance
United States
higher education, college, university, economics, competition, government funding, budgets, graduate school, student enrollment, scholarship, financial aid, retention, endowments, research, tuition, prestige, reputation, rankings, race, ethnicity, class, first generation, poverty, income, academic careers, investments, nonfiction, business.
Conference papers and proceedings
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Studies of Supply and Demand in Higher Education; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The University in the Marketplace: Some Insights and Some Puzzles; 2. Adolescent Econometricians: How Do Youth Infer the Returns to Schooling?; 3. Trends in College Entry among Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics; 4. The Growing Concentration of Top Students at Elite Schools; 5. Future Graduate Study and Academic Careers; 6. How Would Universities Respond to Increased Federal Support for Graduate Students?; 7. Optimal Investment Strategies for University Endowment Funds.

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