The how we wrecked public universities and how we can fix them Newfield, Christopher J. creator text bibliography mdu 2018 Johns Hopkins paperback edition monographic eng

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xiii, 430 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm 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 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. Christopher Newfield. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Public universities and colleges United States Finance Universidades públicas Finanzas Estados Unidos Education, Higher Aims and objectives United States Educación superior Fines y objetivos Estados Unidos Higher education and state United States Política de educación superior Estados Unidos Privatization in education United States Privatización de la educación LB 2342 N547g 2018 378/.05 9781421427034 (paperback) 1421427036 (paperback) 2016012781 DLC 160405 20251105154007.0 19042677 eng