The College Cost Disease: Higher Cost and Lower Quality
Author:   Robert E. Martin
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
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9781781953389


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   30 September 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Robert E. Martin
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.320kg
ISBN:  

9781781953389


ISBN 10:   1781953384
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   30 September 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents: Preface 1. Cost, Quality, and Anomalies in Higher Education 2. Statistical Measures: Teaching Productivity, Cost, Financial Burden, and Quality 3. Reputations and the Chivas Regal Effect 4. The Principal/Agent Problem in Higher Education 5. Commercialization: The Devil Made Me Do It! 6. The Gresham Effect, Lemons, and Teaching 7. Inside the Black Box Glossary Bibliography Index

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'The College Cost Disease is indeed a useful reading, not only for the students of economics of education, but also for others interested in quality and also that the costs of higher education would immensely benefit from.' -- Jandhyala B.G. Tilak, Journal of Educational Planning and Administration


‘The College Cost Disease is indeed a useful reading, not only for the students of economics of education, but also for others interested in quality and also that the costs of higher education would immensely benefit from.’ -- Jandhyala B.G. Tilak, Journal of Educational Planning and Administration


`The College Cost Disease is indeed a useful reading, not only for the students of economics of education, but also for others interested in quality and also that the costs of higher education would immensely benefit from.' -- Jandhyala B.G. Tilak, Journal of Educational Planning and Administration


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Robert E. Martin, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Centre College, US

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