Why does college cost so much? /
College tuition has risen more rapidly than the overall inflation rate for much of the past century. To explain rising college cost, the authors place the higher education industry firmly within the larger economic history of the United States.
| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Economics and Finance module. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | College tuition has risen more rapidly than the overall inflation rate for much of the past century. To explain rising college cost, the authors place the higher education industry firmly within the larger economic history of the United States. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 289 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-282) and index. |
| ISBN: | 019978132X 9780199781324 9780199779994 0199779996 |