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The coming death & future resurrection of American higher education 1885-2017 / Richard J. Bishirjian.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bishirjian, Richard J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--United States--Cost control.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--United States--Cost effectiveness.
- Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.
- Education, Higher--Economic aspects.
- Cost effectiveness.
- Cost control.
- United States.
- Education, Higher--Effect of technological innovations on--United States.
- Education, Higher--Effect of technological innovations on.
- Physical Description:
- 121 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Coming death and future resurrection of American higher education 1885-2017
- Place of Publication:
- South Bend, Indiana : St. Augustine's Press, [2017]
- Contents:
- 1 Why American Higher Education is Dying 2
- 2 The College Tuition Debt Time-Bomb 11
- 3 Why Higher Education Cannot Adapt 15
- 4 For-Profit Higher Education as "Class Enemy" 17
- 5 Creation of an Education Entrepreneur 20
- 6 Origins of Yorktown University 31
- 7 Distance vs. Classroom Instruction 39
- 8 The Role of the States in Higher Education 46
- 9 Colorado Here We Come! 53
- 10 The Role of Accreditation 60
- 11 The Federal Government and Higher Education 68
- 12 "Smart Money" and Higher Education 74
- 13 What It Costs to Enter the Higher Education Marketplace 80
- 14 Fighting the Higher Education Establishment 83
- 15 Resurrection-Thirteen Ways to Reform Higher Education 86.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-93).
- ISBN:
- 9781587312748
- 1587312743
- OCLC:
- 966595419
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