The Resource Restoring the promise : higher education in America, Richard K. Vedder
Restoring the promise : higher education in America, Richard K. Vedder
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The item Restoring the promise : higher education in America, Richard K. Vedder represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Biddle Law Library - University of Pennsylvania Law School.
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- Extent
- xiv, 400 pages
- Contents
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- Higher education's triple crisis
- Why go to college anyway?
- College is too costly
- Students aren't learning critical knowledge and employable skills
- College graduates are underemployed
- How did we get here?
- Nearly four centuries of higher learning
- Why fees and costs are rising so fast
- Why endowments don't lower the cost of tuition
- The federal student financial assistance debt crisis
- Where does all the money go?
- Universities? : Spending perversities
- Nonacademic activities and rip-offs
- The edifice complex
- The costly enterprise of intercollegiate athletics
- Is educating students a top priority?
- The conundrum of research
- The academic cartel of accreditation
- The scandal of diversity
- The weaknesses of current university governance
- Where do we go from here?
- The three I's of university reform
- The failure of government higher education policy
- Reforming higher education
- Isbn
- 9781598133271
- Label
- Restoring the promise : higher education in America
- Title
- Restoring the promise
- Title remainder
- higher education in America
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard K. Vedder
- Subject
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- Education, Higher -- United States -- Aims and objectives
- Education, Higher -- United States -- Finance
- Higher education and state
- Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
- Public universities and colleges -- Finance
- Public universities and colleges -- United States -- Finance
- United States
- Higher education and state -- United States
- Education, Higher -- Finance
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Vedder, Richard K
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Education, Higher
- Education, Higher
- Public universities and colleges
- Higher education and state
- Education, Higher
- Education, Higher
- Higher education and state
- Public universities and colleges
- United States
- Label
- Restoring the promise : higher education in America, Richard K. Vedder
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Higher education's triple crisis -- Why go to college anyway? -- College is too costly -- Students aren't learning critical knowledge and employable skills -- College graduates are underemployed -- How did we get here? -- Nearly four centuries of higher learning -- Why fees and costs are rising so fast -- Why endowments don't lower the cost of tuition -- The federal student financial assistance debt crisis -- Where does all the money go? -- Universities? : Spending perversities -- Nonacademic activities and rip-offs -- The edifice complex -- The costly enterprise of intercollegiate athletics -- Is educating students a top priority? -- The conundrum of research -- The academic cartel of accreditation -- The scandal of diversity -- The weaknesses of current university governance -- Where do we go from here? -- The three I's of university reform -- The failure of government higher education policy -- Reforming higher education
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 400 pages
- Isbn
- 9781598133271
- Lccn
- 2019006382
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1090283117
- Label
- Restoring the promise : higher education in America, Richard K. Vedder
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Higher education's triple crisis -- Why go to college anyway? -- College is too costly -- Students aren't learning critical knowledge and employable skills -- College graduates are underemployed -- How did we get here? -- Nearly four centuries of higher learning -- Why fees and costs are rising so fast -- Why endowments don't lower the cost of tuition -- The federal student financial assistance debt crisis -- Where does all the money go? -- Universities? : Spending perversities -- Nonacademic activities and rip-offs -- The edifice complex -- The costly enterprise of intercollegiate athletics -- Is educating students a top priority? -- The conundrum of research -- The academic cartel of accreditation -- The scandal of diversity -- The weaknesses of current university governance -- Where do we go from here? -- The three I's of university reform -- The failure of government higher education policy -- Reforming higher education
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 400 pages
- Isbn
- 9781598133271
- Lccn
- 2019006382
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1090283117
Subject
- Education, Higher -- United States -- Aims and objectives
- Education, Higher -- United States -- Finance
- Higher education and state
- Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
- Public universities and colleges -- Finance
- Public universities and colleges -- United States -- Finance
- United States
- Higher education and state -- United States
- Education, Higher -- Finance
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