03336cam a22005174i 4500 19042677 BJBSDDR 20251105154007.0 ta 160405s2018 mdu b 001 0 eng 2016012781 9781421427034 (paperback) 1421427036 (paperback) 9781421421636 (electronic) 19042677 DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng pcc n-us--- LB 2342 N547g 2018 378/.05 Newfield, Christopher J. 45501 The great mistake : how we wrecked public universities and how we can fix them / Christopher Newfield. Johns Hopkins paperback edition Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018 xiii, 430 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Critical university studies Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : the great mistake -- Holding back public colleges -- The price of privatization -- The devolutionary cycle -- The eight stages of decline -- The university retreat from public goods -- Subsidizing the private sector -- Large, regular tuition hikes -- The states cut public funding -- Growing student debt -- Private vendors leverage public funds -- Unequal funding cuts attainment -- Universities build the post-middle class -- The recovery cycle. Higher education in America, still thought to be the world leader, is in crisis. University students are falling behind their international peers in attainment, while suffering from unprecedented student debt. For over a decade, the realm of American higher education has been wracked with self-doubt and mutual recrimination, with no clear solutions on the horizon. How did this happen? In this stunning new book, Christopher Newfield offers readers an in-depth analysis of the "great mistake" that led to the cycle of decline and dissolution, a mistake that impacts every public college and university in America. What might occur, he asserts, is no less than locked-in economic inequality and the fall of the middle class. In The Great Mistake, Newfield asks how we can fix higher education, given the damage done by private-sector models. The current accepted wisdom-that to succeed, universities should be more like businesses-is dead wrong Public universities and colleges United States Finance. Universidades públicas Finanzas Estados Unidos 45759 Education, Higher Aims and objectives United States. Educación superior Fines y objetivos Estados Unidos 2415 Higher education and state United States. Política de educación superior Estados Unidos 27625 Privatization in education United States. Privatización de la educación 45760 Critical university studies 45550 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 125633 125633 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2025-10-28 0 LB 2342 N547g 2018 00000196756 2025-10-28 13:31:00 1 2025-10-28 BK