The Rising Costs of Higher Education - A Reference Handbook

Providing a clear, logical guide to an illogical topic, this book provides an easy-to-understand guide for anyone who wants to successfully navigate the labyrinth of going to college-and paying for the experience. 100 years ago, college tuition at prestigious Ivy League colleges such as Harvard and Brown was about $130 per year. Even when adjusted for inflation, today''s cost of higher education has increased dramatically-to the point where a college education is shifting further out of reach for many Americans. This book explains the essential concepts in the debate regarding the staggering costs of higher education, supplying ten original essays by higher education policy experts, a lively historical narrative that provides context to current issues, and systematic guides to finding additional sources of information on the subject. Written from a historian''s point of view, The Rising Costs of Higher Education: A Reference Handbook explains the economics of higher education in a manner that encourages readers to participate in the discussion on how to control ever-increasing tuition costs. Both college-bound students and parents will come to appreciate how complicated the problem of paying for college is, and grasp the crucial differences between "cost" and "price" in the specific economics of colleges and universities.

About the author

John R. Thelin, PhD, is professor of higher education and public policy at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. He is an alumnus of Brown University where he concentrated in history and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He received his master's degree in history and doctorate in history of education from the University of California, Berkeley.

Product details

• Authors: J. R. Thelin, John Thelin, John R Thelin, John R. Thelin, THELIN JOHN, Thelin John R.
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.03.2013
• EAN: 9781610691710
• ISBN: 978-1-61069-171-0
• No. of pages: 392
• Series: Contemporary World Issues (Har; Contemporary World Issues (Har; Contemporary World Issues
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; EDUCATION / Finance, EDUCATION / Reference, Politics and government, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Funding of education & student finance, Funding of education and student finance