Why Does College Cost So Much?

Autor/inn/en	Archibald, Robert B.; Feldman, David H.
Titel	Why Does College Cost So Much?
Quelle	(2010), (304 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-1997-4450-5
Schlagwörter	Economic Progress; Higher Education; Industry; Labor Market; Costs; Paying for College; Educational Finance; United States History; Educational History; Access to Education; Labor Needs; Tuition; Educational Policy; Economics; Student Financial Aid; Policy Analysis; Educational Trends; Trend Analysis; Public Colleges; Federal Aid; Productivity; Educational Quality + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Industrie; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Cost; Kosten; Studienfinanzierung; Bildungsfonds; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienförderung; Politikfeldanalyse; Bildungsentwicklung; Trendanalyse; Produktivität; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität
Abstract	Much of what is written about colleges and universities ties rapidly rising tuition to dysfunctional behavior in the academy. Common targets of dysfunction include prestige games among universities, gold plated amenities, and bloated administration. This book offers a different view. To explain rising college cost, the authors place the higher education industry firmly within the larger economic history of the United States. The trajectory of college cost is similar to cost behavior in many other industries, and this is no coincidence. Higher education is a personal service that relies on highly educated labor. A technological trio of broad economic forces has come together in the last thirty years to cause higher education costs, and costs in many other industries, to rise much more rapidly than the inflation rate. The main culprit is economic growth itself. This finding does not mean that all is well in American higher education. A college education has become less reachable to a broad swathe of the American public at the same time that the market demand for highly educated people has soared. This affordability problem has deep roots. The authors explore how cost pressure, the changing wage structure of the US economy, and the complexity of financial aid policy combine to reduce access to higher education below what we need in the 21st century labor market. This book is a call to calm the rhetoric of blame and to instead find policies that will increase access to higher education while preserving the quality of our colleges and universities. The book is divided into four parts: (1) Introduction; (2) Costs; (3) Tuition and Fees; and (4) Policy. Appended are: (1) Data on Costs and Prices; and (2) Granger Causality Tests of the Bennett Hypothesis. A bibliography is also included. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10