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Author McMahon, Walter W.

Title Higher learning, greater good : the private and social benefits of higher education / Walter W. McMahon.

Imprint Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  378 M227h 2009    ---  Available
Description xiii, 415 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-403) and index.
Contents What is the problem? -- Challenges facing higher education policy -- Higher education and economic growth : jobs, earnings, and the skill deficit -- Private non-market benefits of higher education and market failure -- Social benefits of higher education and their policy implications -- University research : social benefits and policy -- New higher education policies -- Conclusions.
Subject Education, Higher.
Higher education and state.
Education -- Economic aspects.
Education -- Social aspects.
ISBN 9780801890536 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801890535 (hardcover : alk. paper)

 
    
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