education, higher

Examines the influence of athletics on such college and university aspects as class composition, budgetary spending, campus ethos, and a school's core mission.

Examines the amount of learning that occurs in students during their first two years of college, discusses findings that reveal limited advancement in critical thinking, complex reasoning, and writing skills, and describes the negative impacts of socializing, employment, and the institutional environment on learning.

A collection of studies that inquires into the experiences of privilege in educational environments to gauge educational inequality, rather the traditional studies focusing on poverty-disadvantaged school.

Examines the history of higher education in the United States, the problems with the system now, and what can be done to make it available to future generations.

Presents arguments for what the authors believe is wrong with the modern higher education system, which schools are doing better than other schools, and what can be done to fix the schools.

The author, a personal finance consultant and college student at the University of Massachusetts, shares ideas for getting a solid college education without borrowing money and going into debt.

Provides practical strategies to help students find alternate ways of paying for college, with information on scholarships, financial aid, and other cost-reduction measures.

Traces the admissions history of America's Ivy League schools, explaining how the admissions and exclusion policies of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton evolved throughout the twentieth century.