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Higher learning, greater good : the private and social benefits of higher education / Walter W. McMahon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McMahon, Walter W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher.
- Higher education and state.
- Education--Economic aspects.
- Education.
- Education--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (432 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- He offers policy options that can enable state and federal governments to increase investment in higher education.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-403) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9678-9
- OCLC:
- 551803122
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