 | Governing Academia: Who Is in Charge at the Modern University? Subjects: Universities and colleges -- United States -- Administration; Education Higher -- United States -- Administration; Educational leadership -- United States; Public concern over sharp increases in undergraduate tuition has led many to question why colleges and universities cannot behave more like businesses and cut their costs to hold tuition down. Ronald G. Ehrenberg and his coauthors assert that... Ronald G. Ehrenberg is Irving M. Ives Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics, Director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, and a former Vice President for Academic Programs, Planning, and Budgeting at Cornell. His books include The American University: National Treasure or Endangered Species? and Tuition Rising: Why College Costs So Much. |
