Studies of Supply and Demand in Higher Education (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report)
By Unknown Author.
Description
In the United States today, there are some 3,400 separately governed colleges and universities, amounting to a higher education industry with expenditures that constitute 2.8% of the gross national product. Yet, the economic issues affecting this industry have been paid relatively little attention. In this collection of eight essays, experts in economics and education bring economic analysis to bear on such underexamined topics as the nature of competition in higher education, higher education's use of resources, and who chooses to purchase what kind of education and why.In higher educ...
ISBN(s)
0226110540, 9780226110547
