{"product_id":"runaway-college-costs-9781421438887","title":"Runaway College Costs","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat role have governing boards played in tuition and fee escalation at four-year public colleges and universities?In the United States, college costs, especially tuition and fees, have increased much more rapidly than either the overall Consumer Price Index or median household income. This cost inflation has effectively closed the doors of higher education to many qualified students and contributed to a staggering $1.5 trillion in student debt. Additionally, the number of college enrollments in the United States actually declined for eight straight years between 2011 and 2019, as college student bodies became increasingly stratified on the basis of family incomes. Virtually every public college cost increase, however, requires a positive vote from each university's governing boardand the record shows that these votes are nearly always unanimous. In Runaway College Costs, James V. Koch and Richard J. Cebula argue that many trustees have forgotten that they should act as fiduciaries who\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[\u003ci\u003eRunaway College Costs\u003c\/i\u003e] provides the best overview of higher-ed governance issues I have seen anywhere.\u003cbr\u003e—James A. Bacon, \u003ci\u003eBacon's Rebellion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface  \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Their Answer Is Always Yes: Higher Education Cost Inflation and Governing Boards \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Governing Boards and Economic Mobility \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Who's in Charge and Does It Make Any Difference? \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Tuition and Fees, Governing Boards, and State Financial Support \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. We Can Do Better I: Governing Boards, Legislatures, and Governors  \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. We Can Do Better II: Looking Inside Our Public Colleges and Universities \u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. A Proposed Action Agenda for Governing Boards \u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49371886944599,"sku":"9781421438887","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421438887.jpg?v=1730154928","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/runaway-college-costs-9781421438887","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}