UID:
almafu_9961565522202883
Format:
1 online resource (336 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4214-4501-8
Content:
"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"--
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction. ""How Much Money Is Spent for Higher Education? -- Part I The Formative Era, 1870-1930 -- 1 ""Endowment"" Emerges, 1870-1930 -- 2 Free-Money Strategy, 1869-1909 -- 3 Birth of the Annual Alumni Fund, 1890-1925 -- 4 Fundraising Drives Begin, 1915-25 -- 5 Campaigns Proliferate though Presidents Resist, 1920s -- 6 Did Cost Escalate in the Formative Era? -- Part II The Golden Ages, 1930-2020s -- 7 Depression, 60/40 Rule, and Cost-Disease Theory, 1930s-1960s
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8 Stagflation, Total Return, and Revenue-Cost Theory, 1965-80 -- 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 -- Conclusion. Plato's Descent, Perseveration, and History -- Appendices -- 1. Largest Average Annual Total of Gifts and Bequests Received by Colleges and Universities, 1920-30 -- 2. Explanation of the Cross Section of Institutions and Analytic Categories of Capital, Income, and Enrollment, 1875-1930
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3. Capital, Income, and Enrollment of the Cross Section of 32 Institutions, 1875-1930 -- 4. Cumulative Percentage Increase of Aggregate Cost Index for 29 Colleges and Universities Compared to GNP, 1875-1930 -- 5. Compound Annual Growth Rates (CAGR), 1875-1930 -- 6. Index of Per-Student Production Cost for Cross Section of 32 Colleges and Universities, 1875-1930 -- 7. Approximate Enrollment in Degree-Granting, Non-profit and For-Profit Postsecondary Institutions, 1929-2019 -- 8. Degree-Granting Colleges and Universities in the United States, 2010s
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9. Endowment Market Value of the 100 Largest Endowments of Colleges and Universities at the End of Fiscal Year 2020 -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4214-4500-X
Language:
English
