Investment in learning : the individual and social value of American higher education

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Investment in learning : the individual and social value of American higher education

Howard R. Bowen, with the collaboration of Peter Clecak, Jacqueline Powers Doud, Gordan K. Douglass ; with a new foreword by Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Shapiro

(Johns Hopkins paperbacks)

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997

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Bibliography: p. [461]-492

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Each passing year sees the steady rise of tuition costs for American higher education. Issues of student loans, direct lending to institutions, and federally subsidized grants are a staple of news reporting. As colleges and universities across America grapple with ever-tightening budgetary restrictions, they develop new strategies to provide quality services to an increasing student body with decreasing income from endowments, donations, and government programs. For their part, students must grapple with a more competitive job market, and the prospect of unemployment after graduation. As we near the end of the century, many educators, academics, and even potential students are asking an important question: Are our colleges and universities worth what they cost? In this classic study of higher education, Howard K. Bowen discusses the value of higher education to the individual and society, arguing that the nonmonetary benefits so far outweigh the monetary benefits that "individual and social decisions about the future of higher education should be made primarily on the basis of nonmonetary considerations." Responding to demands for efficiency and accountability, Investment in Learning is still as applicable today as it was twenty years ago.

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Foreword to the 1997 Edition Foreword Preface Part I: The Setting Chapter 1. Efficiency and Accountability in Higher Education Chapter 2. Goals: The Intended Outcomes of Higher Education Part II: Consequences for Individuals Chapter 3. Cognitive Learning Chapter 4. Emotional and Moral Development Chapter 5. Practical Competence for Citizenship and Economic Productivity Chapter 6. Practical Competence for Family Life, Consumer, Behavior, Leisure, and Health Chapter 7. The Whole Person Chapter 8. Similarities and Differences Among Institutions Part III: Consequences for Society Chapter 9. Societal Outcomes from Education Chapter 10. Societal Outcomes from Research and Public Service Chapter 11. Progress Toward Human Equality Chapter 12. Economic Returns on Investments in Higher Education Chapter 13. Views of Social Critics Part IV: Conclusions Chapter 14. Is Higher Education Worth the Cost? Chapter 15. The Future of American Higher Education References Name Index Subject Index

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