Of Serfs and Lords (eBook)

Why College Tuition is Creating a Debtor Class

Richard Kelsey (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
164 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-3791-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The high tuition cost at universities is hurting students and only benefiting the tenured faculty and professors.

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This book identifies the causes of rising college tuitions. It identifies a system of policies, practices, and regulations that have converted higher education into an inefficient system that serves the interest of the tenured class and professional educators over that of the students. Using statistics, analysis, and examples, the author identifies and names the culprit behind these tuition increases as structural and cultural liberalism, all of which has created a tax on students and tuition payers. The author calls this inefficiency the tenure tax. The book examines how to find value in the current system, and it offers reforms in the form of an education revolution to remake higher education. He advocates for changes from how it hires and contracts with professors, to the role of government and private lending. The thesis of the book is simple: The current system is creating a debtor class of Serfs, studying dubious majors not useful in the job market. The result is that institutions are hunting revenue to feed and pay the elite class, the faculty and administrators, who have become Lords in this educational feudal system.

Autor

Richard Kelsey is a former assistant law school and technology CEO. He is a trial lawyer and recognized legal expert who examines what’s wrong in higher education and proposes real solutions to fix it.

Inhalt

DedicationAcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroduction: How to Use This BookPart One: Why Does College Cost So Damn Much?Chapter 1: The Cost of “Structural Liberalism” in Higher EducationChapter 2: Does Structural Liberalism in Higher Education Serve Faculty or Students First?Chapter 3: Do you want a K-Car or Porsche?Chapter 4: What is the Tenure Tax?Chapter 5: Who is Running this Place?Chapter 6: The Rise of the Administrative MachineChapter 7: CronyismChapter 8: Is Private Money Donated to Public Institutions Always Good?Chapter 9: Revenue PredatorsChapter 10: Is that Degree Worth the Debt?Chapter 11: What is a Dubious Degree?Part Two: Combating the Higher Education Monopoly: Is Reform Enough?Chapter 12: Reform or Revolution?Chapter 13: Why are Deregulation and re-regulation Essential in Higher Education?Chapter 14: Do we Really Need Student Loan Reform?Chapter 15: Can We Really Reform Tenure?Chapter 16: How Does a Student Find Value Right Now?EpilogueGlossaryEndnotesAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.9.2018
• Zusatzinfo: 18 Illustrations including: - 3 Black & White Illustrations; - 14 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 1 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen ► Sekundarstufe I
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: college tuitions • deans • Education Policy • higher education • Liberalism • Of Surfs and Lords • Parents • Politics • Presidents • professors • Reform • Revenue Predators • students • Tenure tax
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-3791-7 / 1475837917
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-3791-9 / 9781475837919