Higher Education in the United States: The Economic Problems

Published by Harvard University Press 1960

Higher Education in the United States

The Economic Problems

Edited by: Seymour E. Harris
With contributions by: Seymour E. Harris
In collaboration with: Richard N. Cooper , Reginald H. Green and Elisabeth Humez

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674423305

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFATORY NOTE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	5
I. INTRODUCTION
Introduction: Some Broad Issues Seymour E. Harris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
II. PRICING AND THE STUDENT BODY
Summary of Proceedings Richard N. Cooper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
A College Administrator Views the Tuition Problem Barnaby C. Keeney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
Is the Low-Tuition Principle Outmoded? Eldon L. Johnson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
Higher Fees and the Position of Private Institutions John F. Morse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
Equalizing Opportunity under Higher Charges Rexford G. Moon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Some General Observations on the Pricing of Higher Education Carl Kaysen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
The Problem of Higher College Tuition Otto Eckstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Tuition and Costs W. Robert Bokelman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
III. GOVERNMENT AID
Summary of Proceedings Richard N. Cooper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Some Issues Raised by Recent Legislation Philip H. Coombs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Federal and State Aid J. Paul Mather Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
State Aid for Private Institutions in Pennsylvania Millard E. Gladfelter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
The Tax-Credit Proposal John F. Meek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Higher Education and the Federal Budget Richard A. Musgrave Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
IV. FACULTY STATUS
Summary of Proceedings Richard N. Cooper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
Faculty Problems in the Liberal Arts College Charles W. Cole Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Some Issues of Supply and Productivity O. Meredith Wilson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Non-Economic Aspects of Academic Morale Everett C. Hughes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
Faculty Pay and Institutional Extravagance Theodore Caplow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
Some Statistical Aspects Robert E. Iffert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
V. EXPERIMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES
Summary of Proceedings Richard N. Cooper and Elizabeth Niebuhr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
The Hofstra Experiment for Commuters John Cranford Adams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
The New College Plan Shannon McCune Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
The Dartmouth Experiment Donald H. Morrison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
Theories of Higher Education and the Experimental College Nevitt Sanford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
Experimentation and the Liberal Arts College Blair Stewart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
Some Problems at Amherst Willard L. Thorp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
The College Plan at Wesleyan Donald D. O’Dowd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
VI. ECONOMICS AND EDUCATIONAL VALUES
Summary of Proceedings Richard N. Cooper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
Some Problems of Assessing (and Improving) the Quality of a College David Riesman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Economies and Educational Values Dael Wolfle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
Problems in Estimating the Monetary Value of College Education D. S. Bridgman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
Increasing Productivity in Higher Education Alvin C Eurich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Teaching Machines B. F. Skinner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Some Observations on the Allocation of Resources in Higher Education Kenneth Deitch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
The High Cost of Low-Cost Education Frank H. Bowles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
VII. INVESTMENT AND ENDOWMENT POLICIES
Summary of Proceedings Richard N. Cooper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Difficulties in Determining Investment Policies George E. Bates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
Objectives of Investment Policies Boardman Bump Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Some Examples of Experience with Growth Stocks George F. Bennett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
Growth and Income Hulbert W. Tripp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
Investment Possibilities John F. Meek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
61 Broadway Livingston W. Houston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
Unorthodox Investing J. Parker Hall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Should Harvard Borrow? Paul C. Cabot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Recent Trends in Endowment J. Harvey Cain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
Special Problems in Public Institutions Robert M. Underhill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
APPENDIX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1960
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 252
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 5
- Tables: 28
- Other: 30 tables, 3 figures, 2 charts
Keywords: Universities and colleges -- United States -- Finance.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674423305

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1960
ISBN: 9780674423299