Doing More with Less Making Colleges Work Better /

This volume contains a collection of papers by economists which examine the various strategies for cutting costs and improving productivity in higher education in the United States. The dramatic increase in the cost of attending most colleges and universities in recent years has led to increasing co...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hall, Joshua C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Introduction: The American Higher Education Problem
  • Introduction: The American Higher Education Problem
  • Evaluating and Debating Causes
  • Financial Aid in Theory and Practice
  • Price Discrimination and Rising Costs: Is There Any Relationship?
  • Cost Inflation in Intercollegiate Athletics: And Some Modest Proposals for Controlling It
  • The Academics–Athletics Trade-Off: Universities and Intercollegiate Athletics
  • Is For-Profit Education the Solution?
  • For-Profit Education in the USA: A Primer
  • A Market-Funded College’s Approach to Student Learning and Job Placement: An Insider’s View
  • The Economics of For-Profit Education
  • Opportunities for Reform
  • Getting It Right: Where University Systems Lose Information in Designing Programs
  • Managing the Internal Organization of Colleges and Universities
  • Privatize It: Outsourcing and Privatization in Higher Education
  • Improving Higher Education Using the Principles of Market-Based Management®
  • A Tale of Two Partners: How Specialization and Division of Labor Are Reshaping the Academy.