Abstract
Preface I. Setting the Stage 1. Why Do Costs Keep Rising at Selective Private Colleges and Universities? 2. Who Is in Charge of the University? II. Wealth and the Quest for Prestige 3. Endowment Policies, Development Policies, and the Color of Money 4. Undergraduate and Graduate Program Rankings 5. Admissions and Financial Aid Policies III. The Primacy of Science Over Economics 6. Why Relative Prices Don't Matter 7. Staying on the Cutting Edge in Science IV. The Faculty 8. Salaries 9. Tenure and the End of Mandatory Retirement V. Space 10. Deferred Maintenance, Space Planning, and Imperfect Information 11. The Costs of Space VI. Academic and Administrative Issues 12. Internal Transfer Prices 13. Enrollment Management 14. Information Technology, Libraries, and Distance Learning VII. The Nonacademic Infrastructure 15. Parking and Transportation 16. Cooling Systems VIII. Student Life 17. Intercollegiate Athletics and Gender Equity 18. Dining and Housing IX. Conclusion 19. Looking to the Future 20. A Final Thought Appendix. Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Retirement Plans Notes Acknowledgments Index
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