The Higher Learning, the Universities, and the Public

by Carl Kaysen

Book Overview

The growth of American universities has outstripped private resources and forced them to rely increasingly on public funds, especially federal funds. Carl Kaysen asserts that the basis on which the growing public support has been given in recent years does not correspond to what the universities are actually doing, and he surmises that the nature of our governmental processes is such that a discrepancy of this sort cannot long persist. He examines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691648859
• ISBN13: 9780691648859
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"