Why Does College Cost So Much?
- ISBN-10
- 0190214104
- ISBN-13
- 9780190214104
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 289
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-08
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- David Henry Feldman, Robert B. Archibald
Description
For much of the past century college tuition has risen more rapidly than the inflation rate. Unlike many analyses of higher education, Archibald and Feldman show how broad economic factors have combined to push up cost. These forces are largely out of the control of colleges and universities.
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