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Higher learning, greater good : the private and social benefits of higher education

Title
Higher learning, greater good : the private and social benefits of higher education / Walter W. McMahon.
Author
McMahon, Walter W.
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
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Description
xiii, 415 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Education, Higher
  • Higher education and state
  • Education > Economic aspects
  • Education > Social aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-403) and index.
Contents
What is the problem? -- Challenges facing higher education policy -- Higher education and economic growth : jobs, earnings, and the skill deficit -- Private non-market benefits of higher education and market failure -- Social benefits of higher education and their policy implications -- University research : social benefits and policy -- New higher education policies -- New strategies for financing higher education.
Call Number
JFE 09-146
ISBN
  • 9780801890536 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0801890535 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008015481
OCLC
223370013
Author
McMahon, Walter W.
Title
Higher learning, greater good : the private and social benefits of higher education / Walter W. McMahon.
Imprint
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-403) and index.
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
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JFE 09-146
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