Wealth, cost, and price in American higher education : a brief history /

Wealth, cost, and price in American higher education : a brief history /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Kimball, Bruce A., 1951- author.
Imprint:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023. ©2023
Description:	xxi, 313 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Education, Higher -- United States -- Costs -- History. Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States. Universities and colleges -- United States -- Finance. Endowments -- United States. Education, Higher -- Costs. Education, Higher -- Economic aspects. Endowments. Universities and colleges -- Finance. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13143343

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Other authors / contributors:	Iler, Sarah M., author.
ISBN:	9781421445007 142144500X 9781421445014
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book provides a historical explanation for cost escalation in American higher education. It also explains why the wealth--the financial capital--of colleges and universities has grown enormously, even faster, over the same period"--
Other form:	ebook version : 9781421445014

Table of Contents:

0. Preface
0. Acronyms and Abbreviations
0. List of Illustrations
0. List of Tables
0. Introduction
0. Part I.
1. "Endowment" Emerges, 1870-1930
2. Free-Money Strategy, 1869-1909
3. Birth of the Annual Alumni Fund, 1890-1925
4. Fundraising Drives Begin, 1915-1925
5. Campaigns Proliferate; Presidents Resist, 1920s
6. Did Cost Escalate in the Formative Era?
0. Part II
7. Depression, the 60/40 Rule, and Cost-Disease Theory, 1930s-1960s
8. Stagflation, Total Return, and Revenue-Cost Theory, 1965-1980
9. Wealth, Cost, and Price Ignite Resentment, 1980-2008
10. What is the Real "Cost Disease?" 1980s-2020s
11. Steady Price, Rising Debt, Widening Wealth Gap, 2009-2020s
0. Conclusion
0. Appendices
0. Index
0. Notes