Tuition Rising Why College Costs So Much, with a New Preface

Name: Tuition Rising Why College Costs So Much, with a New Preface
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ISBN: 9780674009882

ISBN-10: 0674009886

ISBN-13: 9780674009882

Edition: 2002 (Reprint)

Authors: Ronald G. Ehrenberg

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America's colleges and universities are the best in the world. They are also the most expensive. Tuition has risen faster than the rate of inflation for the past thirty years. There is no indication that this trend will abate. Ronald G. Ehrenberg explores the causes of this tuition inflation, drawing on his many years as a teacher and researcher of the economics of higher education and as a senior administrator at Cornell University. Using incidents and examples from his own experience, he discusses a wide range of topics including endowment policies, admissions and financial aid policies, the funding of research, tenure and the end of mandatory retirement, information technology,…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/30/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.37" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface



Setting the Stage



Why Do Costs Keep Rising at Selective Private Colleges and Universities?



Who Is in Charge of the University?



Wealth and the Quest for Prestige



Endowment Policies, Development Policies, and the Color of Money



Undergraduate and Graduate Program Rankings



Admissions and Financial Aid Policies



The Primacy of Science Over Economics



Why Relative Prices Don't Matter



Staying on the Cutting Edge in Science



The Faculty



Salaries



Tenure and the End of Mandatory Retirement



Space



Deferred Maintenance, Space Planning, and Imperfect Information



The Costs of Space



Academic and Administrative Issues



Internal Transfer Prices



Enrollment Management



Information Technology, Libraries, and Distance Learning



The Nonacademic Infrastructure



Parking and Transportation



Cooling Systems



Student Life



Intercollegiate Athletics and Gender Equity



Dining and Housing



Conclusion



Looking to the Future



A Final Thought


Appendix


Defined Benefit and Defined


Contribution Retirement Plans


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index