Synopses & Reviews
This book details the findings and recommendations proposed by The National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education, a Congressional commission appointed to make proposals aimed at controlling the cost of higher education. These recommendations call for action by Congress, by institutions of higher education, by state and local governments, and by American families. Grouped into five categories, these goals propose: greater institutional cost control and productivity, improved institutional accountability to the general public, new Government approaches to academic regulation, well-coordinated and efficient accrediting processes that relate institutional productivity to effectiveness in learning, and for Congress to continue the existing student aid programs and simplify and improve the financial aid delivery system.
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This important book, which gathers in one place a wide array of statistics and analytical information about the finances of higher education, is highly recommended as a benchmark that will be referred to continuously as years pass.CHOICE
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...pages are chock-full of instructive financial data.University Business
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The commision did an incredible job in addressing the concern of the rising cost of higher education in the nation.Community College Journal
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...a remarkably fine document. It is clear and wonderfully short, and lays out excellent ground rules.Change
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A publication of the Program on Noncollegiate Sponsored Instruction (PONSI) of the American Council on Education's Center for Adult Learning and Educational Credentials.
Table of Contents
Members of the National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education
Foreword by William E. Troutt
Introduction by Bruno V. Manno
Letter of Transmittal by William E. Troutt and Barry Munitz
Straight Talk About College Costs and Prices
Cost and Price Drivers in Higher Education
Convictions and Recommendations
A Word to Students and Families
Commission Vote
Endnotes
Appendices
Appendix A: The Unfinished Agenda
Appendix B: Technical Note
Appendix C: Commissioner Biographies
Appendix D: Commission Meetings
Appendix E: Expert Papers
Appendix F: Consultants
Appendix G: Supplementary Research Material
Issues
The Unfinished Agenda