Why public higher education should be free : how to decrease cost and increase quality at American universities /

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The author explains why universities cost so much and offers solutions as to how they can reduce their expenses by concentrating on their core mission of instruction and research. Not only can tuition be reduced, but public universities and colleges can be made free by allocating existing resources...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Samuels, Robert, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey ; London : Rutgers University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Universities and colleges > United States > Finance.
Educational accountability > United States.
Universités > États-Unis > Finances.
Responsabilité du rendement (Éducation) > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Educational accountability
Universities and colleges > Finance
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why tuition goes up and quality goes down at American research University
  • Where the money goes in research universities
  • Shortchanging instruction at research universities, and why students don't complain
  • The role of faculty and graduate students in changing universities
  • The rise of the administrative class
  • The university as hedge fund
  • The high cost of research
  • Technology to the rescue?
  • Making all public higher education free
  • Educating students for a multicultural democracy.

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