Samuels, Robert,  1961- <br/><br/>
Why public higher education should be free :  how to decrease cost and increase quality at American universities / 
Robert Samuels. 
 - New Brunswick, New Jersey ;  London :  Rutgers University Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource (ix, 178 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Why tuition goes up and quality goes down at American research University --  Where the money goes in research universities --  Shortchanging instruction at research universities, and why students don't complain --  The role of faculty and graduate students in changing universities --  The rise of the administrative class --  The university as hedge fund --  The high cost of research --  Technology to the rescue? --  Making all public higher education free --  Educating students for a multicultural democracy. 
<br/><br/> Robert Samuels explains why universities cost so much and offers solutions as to how they can reduce their expenses by concentrating on their core mission of instruction and research. Not only can tuition be reduced, but public universities and colleges can be made free by allocating existing resources to provide quality undergraduate education and diminishing the amount of money spent in the areas of athletics, administration, and public research. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813561257 9781461944744 9781299953215 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Universities and colleges--Finance.--United States<br/>Educational accountability--United States.<br/>Educational accountability--United States.<br/>Educational accountability.<br/>Universities and colleges--Finance.<br/>Universities and colleges--Finance.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB2342  / .W497 2013