Why public higher education should be free [electronic resource] : how to decrease cost and increase quality at American universities / Robert Samuels.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-176) and index.

Why tuition goes up and quality goes down at American research University -- Where the money goes in research universities -- Shortchanging instruction at research universities, and why students don't complain -- The role of faculty and graduate students in changing universities -- The rise of the administrative class -- The university as hedge fund -- The high cost of research -- Technology to the rescue? -- Making all public higher education free -- Educating students for a multicultural democracy.

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