College tuition : four decades of financial deception / Robert V. Iosue, Frank Mussano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iosue, Robert V., author.

Mussano, Frank, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tuition--United States.

Tuition.

College costs--United States.

College costs.

Student aid--United States.

Student aid.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 pages) : illustrations, graphs

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis, Indiana : Blue River Press, 2014.

Summary:

College Tuition erases the notion that colleges are automatically trusted places of reverence. When it comes to finances, colleges' lust for money and self-interest knows no bounds. The higher education system is broken and its future depends on developing a more productive mode of operation. This book is well documented with striking, clear, easy to understand data and illustrations. The writers unveil the issues most directly related to the unnecessary rise in costs, and will help college-bound students identify cost effective schools and use techniques to secure the most beneficial financial aid deals. It will better prepare the general public and spur policymakers, board members, presidents, donors and employees at every college and university to speak more forcefully on the subject of institutional finances. College costs continue to rise at a level twice the CPI while today's high unemployment is making jobs for graduates hard to come by. Add to these problems changing in financial aid and declining family income and you have the perfect storm for controversy. Students and parents across the country are seeking straightforward answers about why college costs have spiralled out of control and what they can do on a practical level to minimise their expenses.

Contents:

College Tuition: Four Decades of Financial Deception

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Charts

Acknowledgements

Preface

1 The History of Colleges' Disregard for Exorbitant Costs

2 Meager Faculty Teaching Loads

3 Bloated College Administrations

4 Congress Enjoys Giving Away Money

5 Reckless Loans Created a Student Debt Bubble

6 Most Academic Scholarships Are Nothing More than Discounts

7 College Charges Surge as Graduates' Salaries Plummet

8 My Campus is Bigger than Yours - The Edifice Complex

9 A Future with Fewer Students and Lower Family Incomes

10 Self-Interest with Hubris

11 Technology Can Be a Wonderful Servant or a Dangerous Master

12 Higher Education's Dilemma

13 Solutions

14 Additional Solutions

15 How to Find Schools that Offer the Biggest Bang for the Buck

16 Tips for Landing the Best Financial Aid Deal

Postscript 1 - Change

Postscript 2 - A Cost/Income System

References

About the Authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed November 27, 2017).

ISBN:

1-935628-68-2