Fall Enrollment in Colleges and Universities
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Page : 60 pages
File Size : 22,67 MB
Release : 1982
Category : College attendance
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Author :
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Page : 60 pages
File Size : 22,67 MB
Release : 1982
Category : College attendance
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs
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Page : 324 pages
File Size : 30,77 MB
Release : 2000
Category : College costs
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Author : Robert B. Archibald
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 34,80 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0190214104
College tuition has risen more rapidly than the overall inflation rate for much of the past century. To explain rising college cost, the authors place the higher education industry firmly within the larger economic history of the United States.
Author : Sara Goldrick-Rab
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 28,57 MB
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 022640448X
A “bracing and well-argued” study of America’s college debt crisis—“necessary reading for anyone concerned about the fate of American higher education” (Kirkus). College is far too expensive for many people today, and the confusing mix of federal, state, institutional, and private financial aid leaves countless students without the resources they need to pay for it. In Paying the Price, education scholar Sara Goldrick-Rab reveals the devastating effect of these shortfalls. Goldrick-Rab examines a study of 3,000 students who used the support of federal aid and Pell Grants to enroll in public colleges and universities in Wisconsin in 2008. Half the students in the study left college without a degree, while less than 20 percent finished within five years. The cause of their problems, time and again, was lack of money. Unable to afford tuition, books, and living expenses, they worked too many hours at outside jobs, dropped classes, took time off to save money, and even went without adequate food or housing. In many heartbreaking cases, they simply left school—not with a degree, but with crippling debt. Goldrick-Rab combines that data with devastating stories of six individual students, whose struggles make clear the human and financial costs of our convoluted financial aid policies. In the final section of the book, Goldrick-Rab offers a range of possible solutions, from technical improvements to the financial aid application process, to a bold, public sector–focused “first degree free” program. "Honestly one of the most exciting books I've read, because [Goldrick-Rab has] solutions. It's a manual that I'd recommend to anyone out there, if you're a parent, if you're a teacher, if you're a student."—Trevor Noah, The Daily Show
Author : Cato Institute
Publisher : Cato Institute
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 15,32 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Law
ISBN : 1933995912
Offers policy recommendations from Cato Institute experts on every major policy issue. Providing both in-depth analysis and concrete recommendations, the Handbook is an invaluable resource for policymakers and anyone else interested in securing liberty through limited government.
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Page : 334 pages
File Size : 37,6 MB
Release : 2000
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Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 38,11 MB
Release : 2011-07-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 0309159687
In order for the United States to maintain the global leadership and competitiveness in science and technology that are critical to achieving national goals, we must invest in research, encourage innovation, and grow a strong and talented science and technology workforce. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation explores the role of diversity in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce and its value in keeping America innovative and competitive. According to the book, the U.S. labor market is projected to grow faster in science and engineering than in any other sector in the coming years, making minority participation in STEM education at all levels a national priority. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation analyzes the rate of change and the challenges the nation currently faces in developing a strong and diverse workforce. Although minorities are the fastest growing segment of the population, they are underrepresented in the fields of science and engineering. Historically, there has been a strong connection between increasing educational attainment in the United States and the growth in and global leadership of the economy. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation suggests that the federal government, industry, and post-secondary institutions work collaboratively with K-12 schools and school systems to increase minority access to and demand for post-secondary STEM education and technical training. The book also identifies best practices and offers a comprehensive road map for increasing involvement of underrepresented minorities and improving the quality of their education. It offers recommendations that focus on academic and social support, institutional roles, teacher preparation, affordability and program development.
Author : Jeffrey R. Brown
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 12,46 MB
Release : 2015-01-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 022620183X
The recent financial crisis had a profound effect on both public and private universities. Universities responded to these stresses in different ways. This volume presents new evidence on the nature of these responses and how the incentives and constraints facing different institutions affected their behavior.
Author : Kevin J. Dougherty
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 10,48 MB
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 1421416905
"One of the striking ways in which state governments have pursued better performance in public higher education is through the use of performance funding. Performance funding involves tying state support directly to institutional performance on specific outcomes such as rates of graduation and job placement. The principal rationale for performance funding has been that the introduction of market-like forces will prod institutions to become more efficient, delivering "more bang for the buck." Kevin Dougherty, an expert on state performance funding, finds its development puzzling. First, despite the great interest in it, only half the states have ever adopted performance funding for higher education. Moreover, of the states that did adopt performance funding, over half later dropped it. Finally, in the states that have retained performance funding over a long period of time, their programs have undergone considerable changes in the amount of state funding they devote to performance funding and in the content of the indicators they use to allocate that funding. In spite of this, performance funding continues to attract interest as a way of improving educational outcomes. This book, based on an extensive ten-state study, aims to shed light on the social and political factors affecting the origins, evolution, and demise of these programs"--
Author : Michael S. McPherson
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 19,98 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
This book assesses the role of government subsidies for higher education -- especially but not exclusively federal student aid -- in keeping college affordable for Americans of all economic and social backgrounds. The authors examine the effects of student aid policies of the last twenty years.