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Author Samuels, Robert, 1961-

Title Why public higher education should be free : how to decrease costs and increase quality at American universities / Robert Samuels.

Publication Info. New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2013]
2013

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Description 1 online resource (191 pages)
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Why tuition goes up and quality goes down -- Where the money goes in research universities -- Shortchanging undergraduate instruction -- The role of faculty and graduate students -- The rise of the administrative class -- The university as hedge fund -- The high cost of research -- Technology to the rescue? -- Making all public higher education free -- Educating students for a multicultural democracy.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Universities and colleges -- United States -- Finance.
Educational accountability -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Samuels, Robert. Why public higher education should be free : how to decrease costs and increase quality at American universities. New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2013] ix, 178 pages 9780813561233 (DLC) 2012038527
ISBN 9780813561240 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813561233 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813561257 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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