Economic challenges in higher education / Charles T. Clotfelter ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clotfelter, Charles T.

Series:

National Bureau of Economic Research monograph

A National Bureau of Economic Research monograph

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Economic aspects.

United States.

Education, Higher--United States--Statistics.

College attendance--United States.

College attendance.

College teachers--Supply and demand--United States.

College teachers.

College teachers--Supply and demand.

College costs--United States.

College costs.

Genre:

Statistics.

Physical Description:

x, 422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.

Summary:

The last two decades have been a turbulent period for American higher education, with profound demographic shifts, gyrating salaries, and marked changes in the economy. While enrollments rose about 50% in that period, sharp increases in tuition and fees at colleges and universities provoke accusations of inefficiency, even outright institutional greed and irresponsibility. As the 1990s progress, surpluses in the academic labor supply may give way to shortages in many fields, but will there be enough new Ph.D.'s to go around? Drawing on the authors' experience as economists and educators, this book offers an accessible analysis of three crucial economic issues: the growth and composition of undergraduate enrollments, the supply of faculty in the academic labor market, and the cost of operating colleges and universities. The study provides valuable insights for administrators and scholars of education.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [393]-410) and indexes.

ISBN:

0226110508

OCLC:

24066795