Autor: Clotfelter Charles T. Clotfelter

In higher education, the United States is the preeminent global leader, dominating the list of the world s top research universities. But there are signs that America s position of global leadership …

The United States is distinctive among Western countries in its reliance on nonprofit institutions to perform major social functions. This reliance is rooted in American history and is fostered by …

The last two decades have been a turbulent period for American higher education, with profound demographic shifts, gyrating salaries, and marked changes in the economy. While enrollments rose about …

In the United States today, there are some 3, 400 separately governed colleges and universities, amounting to a higher education industry with expenditures that constitute 2.8% of the gross national …

For decades, leaders in higher education have voiced their intention to expand college education to include disadvantaged groups. Colleges have embraced and defended public policies that push back …

Tenure is the abortion issue of the academy, igniting arguments and inflaming near-religious passions. To some, tenure is essential to academic freedom and a magnet to recruit and retain top-flight f …

Tenure is the abortion issue of the academy, igniting arguments and inflaming near-religious passions. To some, tenure is essential to academic freedom and a magnet to recruit and retain top-flight f …