The Road Ahead for America's Colleges and Universities
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (812 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072VGFXCW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 315 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Huff Golden Quill Award.. He has been honored by W&M with a University Professorship for Teaching Excellence and by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) with the Robert P. Archibald is Chancellor Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the College of William and Mary. Robert B. David H. H
Following up on their best-selling book, Why Does College Cost So Much?, economists Robert Archibald and David Feldman bring their analytical insights and clear writing to bear on this proposition, carefully examining both internal and external challenges facing higher education. Breneman, Professor Emeritus in Economics of Education and Public Policy, University of Virginia"What a pleasure to read a discussion of higher education that is data-driven and carefully argued. While not denying the severity of the challenges, they provide a balanced assessment that will prove helpful to Board members, administrators, faculty, legislators, philanthropists, and families as they make decisions that determine the future of our colleges and universities." -- David W. Archibald and Feldman are neither Pollyannas nor prophets of doom when it comes to the present and future of American colleges and univ
At the same time, growing income inequality reduces the ability of many students and their families to pay for higher education. Archibald and Feldman provide a more nuanced view. They argue that the bundle of services that four-year colleges and universities provide will retain its value for the traditional age range of college students.Less certain, Archibald and Feldman argue, is whether the system will continue to be a force for social and economic opportunity. Some predict disaster, pointing to high costs, exploding debt, and a digital tsunami that supposedly will combine to disrupt and sweep away many of the nation's higher education institutions, or change them beyond recognition. The threats are most dire at schools that disproportionately serve America's most underprivileged students. And they demonstrate that our higher education system is resilient and adaptable enough to weather the internal, external, and technological threats without changing campuses bey