The rising costs of higher education : a reference handbook

Thelin, J. R. (John R.) (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781610691710 (hardback)
ISBN: 1610691717 (hardback)
ISBN: 9781610691727 (ebook)
Physical Description: print
xxviii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2013]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Background and history. Introduction: college costs in the national news media -- From popular press to public policies -- Context: access and affordability in American higher education : College costs: a traditional college cosumerism ; Charters and college building in America ; College costs and competition in the 19th century -- Context: student financial aid precedents and practices: Attracting students by discounts and low prices ; Prosperity and prestige from 1880 to 1910 ; Colleges between World War I and World War II ; Post World War II innovations: the GI Bill and student financial aid ; Prestige and popularity of colleges, 1950 to 1970 ; Need-blind admissionas and need-based financial aid 1960 to 1980 -- The federal government and student financial aid initiatives 1950 to 2010 : Hard times: the new depression in higher education 1973 to 1985 ; The high point of student consumerism -- Cost escalation and tuition price fixing allegations : The rise of loans in federal student financial aid programs 1978 to 2011 ; The best of times and the worst of times in student financial aid 200 to 2011 -- Context: categories of college costs and the contemporary campus -- Costs complexity: the case of the multipurpose university -- Prices and costs in higher education: decentralized academic budgeting -- References.