Paying the piper : productivity, incentives, and financing in U.S. higher education /

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Author / Creator:McPherson, Michael S.
Imprint:Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, 1993.
Description:vi,335p. : ill. ; 24cm.
Language:English
Series:Economics of education
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1559641
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Other authors / contributors:Schapiro, Morton Owen
Winston, Gordon C.
ISBN:0472104047
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction / Michael S. McPherson, Morton Owen Schapiro and Gordon C. Winston
  • 2. Trends in Revenues and Expenditures in U.S. Higher Education: Where Does the Money Come From? Where Does It Go? / Scott W. Blasdell, Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro
  • 3. The Concept of Productivity As Applied to U.S. Higher Education / Morton Owen Schapiro
  • 4. The Economics of Cost, Price, and Quality in U.S. Higher Education / Michael S. McPherson and Gordon C. Winston
  • 5. The Economics of Academic Tenure: A Relational Perspective / Michael S. McPherson and Gordon C. Winston
  • 6. How Can We Tell if Federal Student Aid Is Working? / Michael S. McPherson
  • 7. Federal Student Aid Policy: Can We Learn From Experience? / Michael S. McPherson
  • 8. Measuring the Effects of Federal Student Aid: An Assessment of Some Methodological and Empirical Problems / Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro
  • 9. Robin Hood in the Forests of Academe / Gordon C. Winston
  • 10. The Effect of Government Financing on the Behavior of Colleges and Universities / Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro
  • 11. Total College Income: An Economic Overview of Williams College 1956-57 to 1986-87 / Gordon C. Winston
  • 12. The Necessary Revolution in Financial Accounting / Gordon C. Winston
  • 13. Why Are Capital Costs Ignored by Nonprofit Organizations and What Are the Prospects for Change? / Gordon C. Winston
  • 14. The Next Frontier in Higher Education Economics / Michael S. McPherson, Morton Owen Schapiro and Gordon C. Winston.