Gone for good : tales of university life after the golden age /
Rojstaczer asserts that despite the scarcity of new funding sources, universities continue to strive for unlimited growth - with disastrous results: skyrocketing tuition (well over $20,000 per year at top tier schools); desperate attempts to increase enrollments (lower standards, inflated grades, an...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[1999]
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| Online Access: | c1999. Table of contents http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=835766&T=F http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=433228&T=F Contributor biographical information Publisher description https://elibro.net/ereader/elibrodemo/166824 |
| Summary: | Rojstaczer asserts that despite the scarcity of new funding sources, universities continue to strive for unlimited growth - with disastrous results: skyrocketing tuition (well over $20,000 per year at top tier schools); desperate attempts to increase enrollments (lower standards, inflated grades, and new majors in some rather implausible areas of study); and increasing pressure on faculty who already spend more time researching than teaching to raise more money through research grants. The time has come, Rojstaczer argues, to abandon an outmoded idea of growth and create a leaner university system more beneficial to both students and society."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 187 pages ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 0195126823 9780195126822 |
| Access: | Online version licensed for access by U. of T. users. |