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02188aam a2200349 i 4500 001 02DF1ED49C8F11E981649E3E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190702010117 008 190219s2019 cau b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019006382 020 $a 1598133276 020 $a 9781598133271 035 $a (OCoLC)1090283117 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a LA227.4 V44 2019 100 1 $a Vedder, Richard K. $e author. 245 10 $a Restoring the promise : $b higher education in America / $c Richard K. Vedder. 264 1 $a Oakland, California : $b Independent Institute, $c [2019] 300 $a xiv, 400 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Higher education's triple crisis -- Why go to college anyway? -- College is too costly -- Students aren't learning critical knowledge and employable skills -- College graduates are underemployed -- How did we get here? -- Nearly four centuries of higher learning -- Why fees and costs are rising so fast -- Why endowments don't lower the cost of tuition -- The federal student financial assistance debt crisis -- Where does all the money go? -- Universities? : Spending perversities -- Nonacademic activities and rip-offs -- The edifice complex -- The costly enterprise of intercollegiate athletics -- Is educating students a top priority? -- The conundrum of research -- The academic cartel of accreditation -- The scandal of diversity -- The weaknesses of current university governance -- Where do we go from here? -- The three I's of university reform -- The failure of government higher education policy -- Reforming higher education. 650 0 $a Education, Higher $x Aims and objectives $z United States. 650 0 $a Education, Higher $z United States $x Finance. 650 0 $a Public universities and colleges $z United States $x Finance. 650 0 $a Higher education and state $z United States. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230804010642.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20200208014217.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=02DF1ED49C8F11E981649E3E97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search