Financing college tuition : government policies and educational priorities / edited by Marvin H. Kosters.
Contributor(s): Kosters, Marvin H
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.
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BookPublisher: Washington, D.C. : La Vergne, TN : AEI Press, Publisher Resources [distributor], 1998Description: x, 129 p. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0844740756 (hbk); 0844740764 (pbk).Subject(s): Education, Higher -- United States -- Finance | Education, Higher -- United States -- Finance -- Government policy | Federal aid to higher education -- United States | College costs -- United StatesDDC classification: 379.1214 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 379.1214 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00071107 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A college education has been the key to higher real wages and living standards. But as college enrollment has increased, so has the difficulty in paying for higher education.
"Publisher for the American Enterprise Institute.".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Marvin H. Kosters -- Budgets, priorities and investment in human capital / Eric A. Hanushek -- Where should federal education initiatives be directed? / Caroline M. Hoxby -- Reforming public subsidies for higher education / Thomas J. Kane -- Can tuition policy combat rising wage in equality? / Stephen V. Cameron and James J. Heckman.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Contributors (p. ix)
- 1 Introduction (p. 1)
- 2 Budgets, Priorities, and Investment in Human Capital (p. 8)
- 3 Where Should Federal Education Initiatives Be Directed? (p. 28)
- 4 Reforming Public Subsidies for Higher Education (p. 53)
- 5 Can Tuition Policy Combat Rising Wage Inequality? (p. 76)
- Index (p. 125)