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| Genre/Form: | Online-Ressource |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version Druck-Ausgabe (H9G)000916513 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert B Archibald; David Henry Feldman |
| ISBN: | 9780190251949 0190251948 |
| OCLC Number: | 1000314607 |
| Notes: | Previously issued in print: 2017. |
| Target Audience: | Specialized. |
| Description: | 1 Online-Ressource : Illustrationen (black and white) |
| Contents: | Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction1. The Rhetoric of Higher Education in Crisis2. The Diverse US Higher Education System3. The College BundlePart 2: Threats4. Internal Threat I - The Rising Costs of Higher Education5. Internal Threat II - Will Students Keep Coming6. Environmental Threat I - Stagnating Family Income7. Environmental Threat II - Public Disinvestment8. Technological Threat - The Online RevolutionPart 3: Summary and Policy 9. The Enduring Bundle10. The Evolutionary Future11. The Road Ahead - Policy OptionsReferences |
| Responsibility: | Robert B. Archibald and David H. Feldman. |
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"The Road Ahead should be required reading for economists and noneconomists alike who study higher education and seek to understand why it works the way that it does, and how it might be improved." -- Journal of Economic Literature"One often encounters the view that higher education as we have known it for decades is no longer sustainable. Following up on their best-selling book, Why Does College Cost So Much?, economists Robert Archibald and David Feldman bring their analytical insights and clear writing to bear on this proposition, carefully examining both internal and external challenges facing higher education. While not denying the severity of the challenges, they providea balanced assessment that will prove helpful to Board members, administrators, faculty, legislators, philanthropists, and families as they make decisions that determine the future of our colleges anduniversities." -- David W. Breneman, Professor Emeritus in Economics of Education and Public Policy, University of Virginia"What a pleasure to read a discussion of higher education that is data-driven and carefully argued. Archibald and Feldman are neither Pollyannas nor prophets of doom when it comes to the present and future of American colleges and universities. They rely on copious evidence and a deep familiarity with how colleges work to analyze both the resiliency of and the real challenges facing all but the wealthiest of institutions. They dispel a host of myths andmisconceptions. Like their previous book, this one is essential reading for anyone who cares about how we can ensure that we educate more people more effectively." -- Brian Rosenberg, President, Macalester College"To assess the prospects that disintermediation will disrupt the existing higher education landscape, these economists deftly employ the tools of their trade to produce a compelling vision of the future. Readers of all backgrounds will find in this book an engagingly written, level-headed analysis. Change there will be, but the walls won't come tumbling down." -- Charles T. Clotfelter, Duke University"The authors bring an easy conversational style and a strong knowledge of higher education economics together in an accessible, instructive and sobering book." -- Michael McPherson, Spencer Foundation Read more...
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