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Direct linkKatsinas, 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
Peer reviewedFogel, Daniel Mark, Ed.; Malson-Huddle, Elizabeth, Ed. – SUNY Press, 2012
President Lincoln signed the Morrill Land-grant Act in 1862, launching a nationwide project in public higher education that would build democracy, prosperity, and competitiveness to levels undreamed of 150 years ago. As student costs skyrocket, driven by steep drops in public funding, the viability of that project, like the nation itself, is under…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Higher Education, Research Universities, Democracy
Archibald, Robert B.; Feldman, David H. – Oxford University Press, 2010
Much of what is written about colleges and universities ties rapidly rising tuition to dysfunctional behavior in the academy. Common targets of dysfunction include prestige games among universities, gold plated amenities, and bloated administration. This book offers a different view. To explain rising college cost, the authors place the higher…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Higher Education, Industry, Labor Market
Dickert-Conlin, Stacy, Ed.; Rubenstein, Ross, Ed. – Russell Sage Foundation, 2007
The vast disparities in college attendance and graduation rates between students from different class backgrounds is a growing social concern. "Economic Inequality and Higher Education" investigates the connection between income inequality and unequal access to higher education, and proposes solutions that the state and federal governments and…
Descriptors: Expertise, Higher Education, Graduation Rate, College Attendance
Delhaxhe, Arlette; Desurmont, Arnaud; Sabadie, Jesus Alquezar; Huart, Thierry; Steinberger, Marion – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2007
This first edition of Key Data on Higher Education in Europe consists of 70 indicators offering both qualitative and quantitative information and data on 31 European countries. Key Data on Higher Education in Europe is intended to provide a very wide audience with information on many aspects of higher education systems. Its aim is to highlight…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
Smart, John C., Ed. – 1998
The 10 papers in this handbook consider higher education theory and research. Following an opening essay, "Recollections and Reflections," by C. Robert Pace, which offers reflections on higher education as a field, on its evolution, and it future research needs, papers include: "Reflections on the Study of Effective College Teaching…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Adolescents, Affirmative Action
