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1 online resource (436 pages) |
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National Bureau of Economic Research Monograph |
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National Bureau of Economic Research monograph.
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| Contents |
Economic Challenges in Higher Education; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Demand for Undergraduate Education; 1. Size and Significance; 2. Patterns of Enrollment and Completion; 3. Explaining the Demand; 4. Financial Aid and Public Policy; 5 . Implications of Recent Enrollment Trends; Part II Academic Labor Supply; 6. Projections of Shortages; 7. A Stock Flow Model of Academic Labor Supply; 8. Decisions to Undertake and Complete Doctoral Study and Choices of Sector of Employment; 9. The Demographic Distribution of American Doctorates |
| Summary |
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 |
| Analysis |
economics, higher education, university, college, public policy studies, industrial, labor relations, american culture, united states of america, usa, demographics, economy, enrollment, students, inefficiency, institutions, educators, undergraduates, faculty, academics, attendance, teachers, professors, costs, productivity |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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College attendance -- United States
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College costs -- United States
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College teachers -- Supply and demand -- United States
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Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States
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Education, Higher -- United States -- Statistics
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College attendance
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College costs
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College teachers -- Supply and demand
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Education, Higher
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Education, Higher -- Economic aspects
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United States
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Statistics
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Ehrenberg, Ronald G
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Getz, Malcolm
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| ISBN |
9780226110622 |
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0226110621 |
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