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Kimball, Bruce A. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023
As endowments and fundraising campaigns have skyrocketed in recent decades, critics have attacked higher education for steeply increasing its production cost and price and the snowballing debt of students. In "Wealth, Cost, and Price in American Higher Education," Bruce A. Kimball and Sarah M. Iler reveal how these trends began 150 years…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Student Costs, Higher Education, Debt (Financial)
Zaloom, Caitlin – Princeton University Press, 2021
The struggle to pay for college is a defining feature of middle-class life in America. Caitlin Zaloom takes readers into homes of families throughout the nation to reveal the hidden consequences of student debt and the ways that financing college has transformed our most sacred relationships. She describes the profound moral conflicts for parents…
Descriptors: Debt (Financial), Paying for College, Middle Class, Family Relationship
Miller-Adams, Michelle – Harvard Education Press, 2021
In "The Path to Free College," Michelle Miller-Adams argues that tuition-free college, if pursued strategically and in alignment with other sectors, can be a powerful agent of change. She makes the case that broadly accessible and affordable higher education is in the public interest, yielding dividends not just for individuals but also…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Equal Education, Paying for College, Tuition
Katsinas, Stephen G.; Bray, Nathaniel J.; Kanter, Martha J. – Harvard Education Press, 2022
"Educating the Top 100 Percent" assesses the decline of higher education funding and offers ambitious policy recommendations to restore the possibility of accessible, affordable education for all. Stephen G. Katsinas, Nathaniel J. Bray, and Martha J. Kanter probe the complex interplay of federal, state, and local policies and illustrate…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Federal Aid
Rosenberg, Brian – Harvard Education Press, 2023
In "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It," president emeritus of Macalester College Brian Rosenberg draws on decades of higher education experience to expose the entrenched structures, practices, and cultures that inhibit meaningful postsecondary reform, even as institutions face serious challenges to their financial and educational models. A…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Resistance to Change, Barriers
Farmer, Evelyn Shepherd W., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2023
The Black Student's Pathway to Graduate Study and Beyond: The Making of a Scholar is an informative and ambitious book designed to help Black prospective and current graduate students pursue graduate degrees successfully. The book covers broad topics ranging from admissions policies, standardized tests, networking, mentorship, financial options,…
Descriptors: African American Students, Graduate Study, Graduate Students, College Admission
Hammonds, Evelynn; Malcom, Shirley; Pinn, Vivian; Whitacre, Paula – National Academies Press, 2023
Efforts over the last several decades to increase the participation and leadership of Black men and women in the scientific and medical workforce have had limited results. Despite many individual successes, the number of Black professionals in science, engineering, and medicine (SEM) fields has not reached a level that corresponds with African…
Descriptors: Blacks, African American Students, Disproportionate Representation, Engineering Education
Guarasci, Richard – American Association of Colleges and Universities, 2022
Higher education and America stand at a perilous moment brought about by economic and social inequality, racism, and the fracture of civic cohesion and structures. From its origins, the mission of American higher education was to promote democratic governance and a free, fair, and orderly society through the education of responsible citizens. Just…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Citizen Participation, Democratic Values, Partnerships in Education
Perna, Laura W., Ed.; Smith, Edward J., Ed. – American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2020
Also known as "free tuition" and "free college" programs, college promise programs are an emerging approach for increasing higher education attainment of people in particular places. To maximize the effectiveness of their efforts and investments, program leaders and policymakers need research-based evidence to inform program…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Paying for College, Student Financial Aid, College Bound Students
Brennan, Jason – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020
Do you want to go to graduate school? Then you're in good company: nearly 80,000 students will begin pursuing a PhD this year alone. But while almost all of new PhD students say they want to work in academia, most are destined for disappointment. The hard truth is that half will quit or fail to get their degree, and most graduates will never find…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Employment Opportunities, Paying for College, Employment Potential
Akers, Beth; Chingos, Matthew M. – Princeton University Press, 2017
College tuition and student debt levels have been rising at an alarming pace for at least two decades. These trends, coupled with an economy weakened by a major recession, have raised serious questions about whether we are headed for a major crisis, with borrowers defaulting on their loans in unprecedented numbers and taxpayers being forced to…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Higher Education, Student Loan Programs, Debt (Financial)
Delisle, Jason D., Ed.; Usher, Alex, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2019
"International Perspectives in Higher Education" offers a balanced perspective on how different countries approach key policies and what the United States can learn from those programs. Jason D. Delisle and Alex Usher have gathered a diverse group of experts to examine systems across the globe with a focus on the trade-offs between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Practices, Access to Education
Quadlin, Natasha; Powell, Brian – Russell Sage Foundation, 2022
Americans now obtain college degrees at a higher rate than at any time in recent decades in the hopes of improving their career prospects. At the same time, the rising costs of an undergraduate education have increased dramatically, forcing students and families to take out often unmanageable levels of student debt. The cumulative amount of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Paying for College, Educational Finance
Tierney, William G. – SUNY Press, 2020
Higher education always seems to be in crisis. Governments, foundations, professional associations, and the occasional scornful professor all tend to lament one or another problem plaguing America's colleges and universities. The more apocalyptic claims state that the United States is a "nation at risk," that our students' minds have…
Descriptors: College Role, Outcomes of Education, Proprietary Schools, Attendance
OECD Publishing, 2021
"Education at a Glance" is the authoritative source for information on the state of education around the world. It provides data on the structure, finances and performance of education systems across OECD countries and a number of partner economies. More than 100 charts and tables in this publication -- as well as links to much more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Indicators, Outcomes of Education, Access to Education