Why Public Higher Education Should Be Free: How to Decrease Cost and Increase Quality at American Universities

by Robert Samuels

Book Overview

Universities tend to be judged by the test scores of their incoming students and not on what students actually learn once they attend these institutions. While shared tests and surveys have been developed, most schools refuse to publish the results. Instead, they allow such publications as U.S. News & World Report to define educational quality. In order to raise their status in these rankings, institutions pour money into new facilities and extracurricular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081356123X
• ISBN13: 9780813561233
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Grade 11 to Postsecondary