Economic Challenges in Higher Education

Malcolm Getz author Ronald G Ehrenberg author Charles T Clotfelter author John J Siegfried author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:The University of Chicago Press

Published:1st Oct '91

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The last two decades have been a turbulent period for American higher education, with profound demographic shifts, gyrating salaries, and marked changes in the economy. While enrollments rose about 50% in that period, sharp increases in tuition and fees at colleges and universities provoke accusations of inefficiency, even outright institutional greed and irresponsibility. As the 1990s progress, surpluses in the academic labor supply may give way to shortages in many fields, but will there be enough new Ph.D.'s to go around?

Drawing on the authors' experience as economists and educators, this book offers an accessible analysis of three crucial economic issues: the growth and composition of undergraduate enrollments, the supply of faculty in the academic labor market, and the cost of operating colleges and universities. The study provides valuable insights for administrators and scholars of education.

ISBN: 9780226110509

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 765g

432 pages