Economic Challenges in Higher Education (National Bureau of Economic Research Monographs) (National Bureau of Economic Research Monograph) (NBER-Monographs (CHUP))

by Charles T. Clotfelter, Irving M Ives Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics Ronald G Ehrenberg, Professor Malcolm Getz, and John J Siegfried

The last two decades have been a turbulent period for American higher education, with profound demographic shifts, gyrating salaries, and marked changes in the economy. While enrollments rose about 50% in that period, sharp increases in tuition and fees at colleges and universities provoke accusations of inefficiency, even outright institutional greed and irresponsibility. As the 1990s progress, surpluses in the academic labor supply may give way to shortages in many fields, but will there be enough new Ph.D.'s to go around?

Drawing on the authors' experience as economists and educators, this book offers an accessible analysis of three crucial economic issues: the growth and composition of undergraduate enrollments, the supply of faculty in the academic labor market, and the cost of operating colleges and universities. The study provides valuable insights for administrators and scholars of education.

• ISBN10: 1281430811
• ISBN13: 9781281430816
• Publish Date: 1 January 2008 (first published 1 January 1992)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 3 June 2015
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: University of Chicago Press
• Pages: 422
• Language: English