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Title Unprofitable schooling : examining causes of, and fixes for, America's broken ivory tower / Todd J. Zywicki and Neal P. McCluskey, eds.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (356 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents What really spurred the Morrill Act? / Jane Shaw -- The Morrill Land-Grant Act : fact and mythology / Richard K. Vedder -- Accreditation : market regulation, or government regulation revisited? / Joshua C. Hall -- Understanding the runaway tuition phenomenon : a soliloquy with footnotes / Daniel D. Polsby -- Academic tenure and governance / Roger E. Meiners -- The changing of the guard : the political economy of administrative bloat in American higher education / Todd J. Zywicki and Christopher Koopman -- The senseless monstrosity in our path : academic bargains and the rise of the American University / Scott E. Masten -- All education is for-profit education / Henry G. Manne -- Assessing for-profit colleges / William F. Shughart and Jayme S. Lemke -- Public policy and the future of for-profit education / Michael E. DeBow -- Non-profit and for-profit enterprise in health care : birds of a feather? / David A. Hyman.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Higher education and state -- United States.
Higher education and state.
United States.
Federal aid to higher education -- United States.
Federal aid to higher education.
College costs -- United States.
College costs.
Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Education, Higher -- Economic aspects.
For-profit universities and colleges -- United States.
For-profit universities and colleges.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Zywicki, Todd J., editor.
McCluskey, Neal P., 1972- editor.
Other Form: Print version: Unprofitable schooling. Washington, DC : Cato Institute, [2018] 9781948647045 (DLC) 2018053178
ISBN 1948647052 (electronic book)
9781948647052 (electronic book)
9781948647045 (alkaline paper)