Description
American higher education is increasingly in trouble. Costs are too high, learning is too little, and underemployment abounds post-graduation. Universities are facing an uncertain and unsettling future with free speech suppression, out-of-control Federal student aid programs, soaring administrative costs, and intercollegiate athletics mired in corruption. Restoring the Promise explores these issues and exposes the federal government's role in contributing to them. With up-to-date discussions of the most recent developments on university campuses, this book is the most comprehensive assessment of universities in recent years, and one that decidedly rejects conventional wisdom. Restoring the Promise is an absolute must-read for those concerned with the future of higher education in America.
About the Author
Richard K. Vedder is Senior Fellow at The Independent Institute and Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Economics and Faculty Associate, Contemporary History Institute, Ohio University; and he is the Founding Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity in Washington, DC. He has been Senior Economist at the U.S. Joint Economic Committee and Visiting Fellow at the Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University, and he has taught at the University of Colorado, Claremont Men's College, and MARA Institute of Technology. He is the author of Going Broke by Degree: Why College Costs Too Much, The American Economy in Historical Perspective; Poverty, Income Distribution, the Family and Public Policy (with L. Gallaway); Essays in Nineteenth Century Economic History; Essays in the Economy of the Old Northwest; Economic Impact of Government Spending: A Fifty State Analysis; and Variations in Business and Economic History. Professor Vedder is co-author (with Lowell Gallaway) of the Independent Institute book, Out of Work, the recipient of both the Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award and Mencken Award Finalist for Best Book, and the Institute monograph, Can Teachers Own Their Own Schools? Professor Vedder received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois. His hundreds of articles and reviews have appeared in numerous scholarly journals as well as such publications as the Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, National Review, Washington Times, and Investor's Business Daily.
Book Information
ISBN 9781598133271
Author Richard K. Vedder
Format Hardback
Page Count 382
Imprint Independent Institute,U.S.
Publisher Independent Institute,U.S.
Weight(grams) 815g
About the Author
Richard K. Vedder is Senior Fellow at The Independent Institute and Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Economics and Faculty Associate, Contemporary History Institute, Ohio University; and he is the Founding Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity in Washington, DC. He has been Senior Economist at the U.S. Joint Economic Committee and Visiting Fellow at the Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University, and he has taught at the University of Colorado, Claremont Men's College, and MARA Institute of Technology. He is the author of Going Broke by Degree: Why College Costs Too Much, The American Economy in Historical Perspective; Poverty, Income Distribution, the Family and Public Policy (with L. Gallaway); Essays in Nineteenth Century Economic History; Essays in the Economy of the Old Northwest; Economic Impact of Government Spending: A Fifty State Analysis; and Variations in Business and Economic History. Professor Vedder is co-author (with Lowell Gallaway) of the Independent Institute book, Out of Work, the recipient of both the Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award and Mencken Award Finalist for Best Book, and the Institute monograph, Can Teachers Own Their Own Schools? Professor Vedder received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois. His hundreds of articles and reviews have appeared in numerous scholarly journals as well as such publications as the Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, National Review, Washington Times, and Investor's Business Daily.
Book Information
ISBN 9781598133271
Author Richard K. Vedder
Format Hardback
Page Count 382
Imprint Independent Institute,U.S.
Publisher Independent Institute,U.S.
Weight(grams) 815g
