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  • Wealth, Cost, and Price in American Higher Education

    A Brief History

    de Bruce A. Kimball ...
    Colleges and universities are richer than ever—so why has the price of attending them risen so much?As endowments and fundraising campaigns have skyrocketed in recent decades, critics have attacked higher education for steeply increasing its production cost and price and the snowballing debt of students. In Wealth, Cost, and Price in American Higher Education, Bruce A. Kimball and Sarah M. Iler ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD

  • The Inception of Modern Professional Education

    C. C. Langdell, 1826-1906

    de Bruce A. Kimball ...
    Series series Studies in Legal History
    Christopher C. Langdell (1826–1906) is one of the most influential figures in the history of American professional education. As dean of Harvard Law School from 1870 to 1895, he conceived, designed, and built the educational model that leading professional schools in virtually all fields subsequently emulated. In this first full-length biography of the educator and jurist, Bruce Kimball explores ... Leer más

    $28.49 USD

  • The Intellectual Sword

    de Bruce A. Kimball, Daniel R. Coquillette ...
    A history of Harvard Law School in the twentieth century, focusing on the school’s precipitous decline prior to 1945 and its dramatic postwar resurgence amid national crises and internal discord. By the late nineteenth century, Harvard Law School had transformed legal education and become the preeminent professional school in the nation. But in the early 1900s, HLS came to the brink of financial ... Leer más

    $36.79 USD

  • Philosophy and History of Education

    Diverse Perspectives on Their Value and Relationship

    de Antoinette Errante, Bruce A. Kimball, Jackie Blount ...
    The studies of philosophy and history of education are under siege. These studies do not attract large grant funds and, to many, do not seem useful, even while much of educational research is dismissed as inconsequential or self-evident and the crisis in American education deepens.Philosophy and history of education have therefore been pushed to the margin--or beyond--in colleges and schools of ... Leer más

    $28.39 USD

  • The Economics of Higher Education in the United States

    de Jordan Hensley, Stanley N. Katz, Bruce A. Kimball, Jeremy B. Luke, Sam Stern, Jamie M. Brown, David C. Hammack ...
    Series series Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures, published for the University of Texas at Arlington by Texas A&M University Press
    In The Economics of Higher Education in the United States, editors Thomas Adam and A. Burcu Bayram have assembled five essays, adapted from the fifty-second annual Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lecture Series, that focus on the increasing cost of college—a topic that causes great anxiety among students, parents, faculty, administrators, legislators, and taxpayers. Essays focus on the funding of ... Leer más

    $10.69 USD

  • The Liberal Arts Tradition

    A Documentary History

    de Bruce A. Kimball ...
    Ranging from Plato in antiquity to Martha Nussbaum in the present era, the authors of the seventy readings included in The Liberal Arts Tradition present significant and exemplary views addressing liberal arts education over the course of its history, particularly in the United States. Most of the documents are newly translated or no longer available in print. Arranged chronologically, each ... Leer más

    $80.99 USD

  • On the Battlefield of Merit

    Harvard Law School, the First Century

    de Daniel R. Coquillette, Bruce A. Kimball ...
    Harvard Law School is the oldest and, arguably, the most influential law school in the nation. U.S. presidents, Supreme Court justices, and foreign heads of state, along with senators, congressional representatives, social critics, civil rights activists, university presidents, state and federal judges, military generals, novelists, spies, Olympians, film and TV producers, CEOs, and one First Lady ... Leer más

    $28.79 USD

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  • Economic Facts and Fallacies

    Second Edition

    de Thomas Sowell ...
    From renowned economist Thomas Sowell, an indispensable examination of widespread economic fallacies**"From one of America's most noted conservative economists, a short, original book that offers some unconventional ideas about how to think about common economic topics." ―**Baltimore SunIn Economic Facts and Fallacies, Thomas Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Politics

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Kenneth Minogue ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    In this provocative but balanced essay, Kenneth Minogue discusses the development of politics from the ancient world to the twentieth century. He prompts us to consider why political systems evolve, how politics offers both power and order in our society, whether democracy is always a good thing, and what future politics may have in the twenty-first century. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

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  • The Great Divergence

    America's Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do about It

    de Timothy Noah ...
    For the past three decades, America has steadily become a nation of haves and have-nots. Our incomes are increasingly unequal. This steady growing apart is often mentioned as a troubling indicator by scholars and policy analysts, though seldom addressed by politicians. What economics Nobelist Paul Krugman terms "the Great Divergence" has till now been treated as little more than a talking point, a ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD

  • Race & Economics

    How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination?

    de Walter E. Williams ...
    Walter E. Williams applies an economic analysis to the problems black Americans have faced in the past and still face in the present to show that that free-market resource allocation, as opposed to political allocation, is in the best interests of minorities. He debunks many common labor market myths and reveals how excessive government regulation and the minimum-wage law have imposed incalculable ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Freedom From the Market

    America’s Fight to Liberate Itself from the Grip of the Invisible Hand

    de Mike Konczal ...
    The progressive economics writer redefines the national conversation about American freedom“Mike Konczal [is] one of our most powerful advocates of financial reform‚ [a] heroic critic of austerity‚ and a huge resource for progressives.”—Paul KrugmanHealth insurance, student loan debt, retirement security, child care, work-life balance, access to home ownership—these are the issues driving America ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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