Thelin, J. R. (John R.)
Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2013]
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Part of the series Contemporary world issues;Contemporary world issues.
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• Background and history. Introduction: college costs in the national news media — From popular press to public policies — Context: access and affordability in American higher education : College costs: a traditional college cosumerism Charters and college building in America College costs and competition in the 19th century — Context: student financial aid precedents and practices: Attracting students by discounts and low prices Prosperity and prestige from 1880 to 1910 Colleges between World War I and World War II Post World War II innovations: the GI Bill and student financial aid Prestige and popularity of colleges, 1950 to 1970 Need-blind admissionas and need-based financial aid 1960 to 1980 — The federal government and student financial aid initiatives 1950 to 2010 : Hard times: the new depression in higher education 1973 to 1985 The high point of student consumerism — Cost escalation and tuition price fixing allegations : The rise of loans in federal student financial aid programs 1978 to 2011 The best of times and the worst of times in student financial aid 200 to 2011 — Context: categories of college costs and the contemporary campus — Costs complexity: the case of the multipurpose university — Prices and costs in higher education: decentralized academic budgeting — References.
• Problems, controversies, and solutions. Connections: past to present — Concepts crucial to college costs — The complexity of the modern campus — Universities versus business corporations — Problems within the college and university : The faculty as the problem in rising college costs The administration as the problem in rising college costs Students as the problem in rising college costs Research and development as a problem in rising college costs Academic medical centers as a problem in rising college costs Intercollegiate athletics as a problem in rising college costs Policy prospective: state government and higher education Policy perspective: the federal government and higher education — Controversies over policies: problems of rising college costs : Prince versus cost Access versus choice Admissions versus affordability Efficiency versus effectiveness Student financial aid: need-based versus merit scholarships Student financial aid: packaging and layers Public good versus private good The tuition gap Controversy: explanations on college cost. — Solutions to the problems of rising college costs : Solution: faculty accountability Solution: eliminate faculty tenure Solution: high tuition, high need-based aid Solution: clarity of purpose Solution: rely on distance learning technology Solution: rely on private fundraising — Conclusion: equity and excellence in American higher education — References.
• Perspectives. Introduction the forum on policy perspectives — The college cost problem: the view from the Delta Cost Project / Jane V. Wellman — Perspective on the rising costs of Higher education / Ronald G. Ehrenberg — College cost: over hyped and misunderstood / Robert B. Archibald and David H. Feldman — How much have college prices really increased? / Terry W. Hartle — Why cost matters: the taxpayer burden of higher education / Jorge Klor de Alva — Too high a price? the impact of college prices on underserved students / Brian A. sponsler and Alisa F. Cunningham — Just say no to sticker price / Andrew P. Kelly — Forecasting our risks / Kristine E. Dillon — Commotion at the gates: higher education’s evolving role in the U.S. inequality / James C. Hearn — Internation perspectives on the rising cost of higher education / D. Bruce Jonstone.
• Profiles. Key organizations and programs — Key persons –Key publications.
• Documents. Introduction — Constitution of the American Society for Education Pious Youth of the Gospel Ministry — The Morrill Land Grant Act (1862) — Foundations and the privately endowed university as a new type — Serviceman’s Readjustment Act (1944) — President’s Commission Report on Higher Education for American Democracy (1947) — California Master Plan (the Donahoe Act 1960) — Higher education Act Reauthorization: creation of the BEOG (Pell grants 1972) — What price egalitarianism (1981) — Delta Cost Project Report Summary 2009) — Resources — Chronology.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects:

• College costs — United States.
• Education — United States — Finance.
• Education, Higher — Economic aspects — United States.

Requested by Hofrenning, S