Editors:
Assembles contributions from prominent economists studying higher education
Identifies reforms in higher education that are likely to be successful in cutting costs or improving productivity and those which are detrimental
Works within the binding constraint of the existing structure of federal and state financing in higher education
Focuses on higher education in the United States but with applications that will be of interest globally
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Evaluating and Debating Causes
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Front Matter
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Introduction: The American Higher Education Problem
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Evaluating and Debating Causes
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Front Matter
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Is For-Profit Education the Solution?
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Front Matter
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Opportunities for Reform
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Back Matter
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Dept. Economics, Beloit College, Beloit, USA
Joshua C. Hall
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Doing More with Less
Book Subtitle: Making Colleges Work Better
Editors: Joshua C. Hall
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5960-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-5959-1Published: 13 September 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9412-7Published: 20 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-5960-7Published: 18 August 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 290
Topics: Economic Policy, Educational Policy and Politics, Higher Education