商品描述
This book examines the many ways in which economic concepts, theories and models can be used to examine issues in higher education. The topics explored in the book include how students make college-going decisions, the payoffs to students and society from going to college, markets for higher education services, demand and supply in markets for higher education, why and how state and federal governments intervene in higher education markets, college and university revenues and expenditures, how institutions use net-pricing strategies and non-price product-differentiation strategies to pursue their goals and to compete in higher education markets, as well as issues related to faculty labor markets. The book is written for both economists and non-economists who study higher education issues and provides readers with background information and thorough explanations and illustrations of key economic concepts. In addition to reviewing the contributions economists have made to the study of higher education, it also examines recent research in each of the major topical areas. The book is policy-focused and each chapter analyses how contemporary higher education policies affect the behaviour of students, faculty and/or institutions of higher education.
Toutkoushian and Paulsen attempted a daunting task: to write a book on the economics of higher education for non-economists that is also useful to economists. A book that could be used for reference and as a textbook for higher education classes in economics, finance, and policy. They accomplish this tough balancing act with stunning success in a large volume that will serve as the go-to place for anyone interested in the history and current thinking on the economics of higher education."
William E. Becker, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Economics, Indiana University
商品描述(中文翻譯)
本書探討了經濟概念、理論和模型在高等教育問題中的多種應用方式。書中探討的主題包括學生如何做出上大學的決策、上大學對學生和社會的回報、高等教育服務市場、高等教育市場的需求與供給、州和聯邦政府為何以及如何介入高等教育市場、大學和學院的收入與支出、機構如何利用淨定價策略和非價格產品差異化策略來追求其目標並在高等教育市場中競爭，以及與教職員勞動市場相關的問題。本書旨在為研究高等教育問題的經濟學家和非經濟學家提供背景資訊，並對關鍵經濟概念進行詳細解釋和說明。除了回顧經濟學家對高等教育研究的貢獻外，本書還檢視了各主要主題領域的最新研究。本書以政策為重點，每章分析當代高等教育政策如何影響學生、教職員和/或高等教育機構的行為。
Toutkoushian 和 Paulsen 嘗試了一項艱鉅的任務：撰寫一本針對非經濟學家的高等教育經濟學書籍，同時對經濟學家也有用的書籍。這本書可以作為參考資料，也可以作為經濟學、金融和政策的高等教育課程教材。他們在這本大型著作中成功地平衡了這一艱難的任務，將其打造成為任何對高等教育經濟學的歷史和當前思考感興趣的人的首選資料來源。
威廉·E·貝克，印第安納大學經濟學榮譽教授
作者簡介
Robert K. Toutkoushian is a professor in the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia. He has a PhD in economics from Indiana University (Bloomington), where he specialized in econometrics and finance. Prior to his faculty appointment at Georgia, he worked as a research associate at the University of Minnesota, as executive director of policy analysis for the University System of New Hampshire, and as a faculty member in the educational leadership program at Indiana University. In addition to his faculty appointment, Dr. Toutkoushian serves as the editor of the journal Research in Higher Education, and has served as editor of New Directions for Institutional Research and associate editor of the economics and finance section of Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research. He has published more than fifty studies in peer-reviewed journals and edited books on a wide range of topics on the economics of higher education, including faculty compensation, higher education costs, student demand for higher education, performance indicators, decentralized budgeting, institutional productivity, and state funding for higher education. Michael B. Paulsen is a professor in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at The University of Iowa. He has a PhD in higher education and economics from The University of Iowa and an MA in economics from the University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee), where he specialized in labor economics, public sector economics, and economics of education. Prior to his faculty appointment at The University of Iowa, he was a professor of higher education at the Universities of Illinois, Alabama, and New Orleans; and a professor of economics at St. Ambrose University. In addition to his faculty appointment, Dr. Paulsen serves as the Series Editor of the scholarly book series Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research; a consulting editor for Research in Higher Education and the ASHE Higher Education Reports. He has over sixty publications--books, journal articles, book chapters--including his book The Finance of Higher Education. His publications in economics of higher education have focused on college choice, tuition inflation, effects of prices/subsidies on student persistence, higher education costs, growth in workforce productivity, demand for higher education, and effects of financial conditions on curricular change.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
羅伯特·K·圖克西安（Robert K. Toutkoushian）是喬治亞大學高等教育研究所的教授。他擁有印第安納大學（布魯明頓）經濟學博士學位，專攻計量經濟學和金融。在喬治亞的教職任命之前，他曾在明尼蘇達大學擔任研究助理，並擔任新罕布什爾大學系統的政策分析執行主任，以及印第安納大學教育領導計畫的教職成員。除了教職任命外，圖克西安博士還擔任《高等教育研究》（Research in Higher Education）期刊的編輯，並曾擔任《機構研究新方向》（New Directions for Institutional Research）的編輯及《高等教育：理論與研究手冊》（Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research）經濟學和金融部分的副編輯。他在同行評審的期刊和編輯書籍上發表了超過五十篇研究，涵蓋高等教育經濟學的廣泛主題，包括教職員薪酬、高等教育成本、學生對高等教育的需求、績效指標、分散預算、機構生產力以及州對高等教育的資助。
邁克爾·B·保爾森（Michael B. Paulsen）是愛荷華大學高等教育與學生事務計畫的教授。他擁有愛荷華大學的高等教育和經濟學博士學位，以及威斯康辛大學（密爾瓦基）的經濟學碩士學位，專攻勞動經濟學、公共部門經濟學和教育經濟學。在愛荷華大學的教職任命之前，他曾在伊利諾伊大學、阿拉巴馬大學和新奧爾良大學擔任高等教育教授；並在聖安布羅斯大學擔任經濟學教授。除了教職任命外，保爾森博士還擔任學術書籍系列《高等教育：理論與研究手冊》（Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research）的系列編輯，以及《高等教育研究》（Research in Higher Education）和ASHE高等教育報告的顧問編輯。他擁有超過六十篇的出版物，包括書籍、期刊文章和書籍章節，其中包括他的著作《高等教育的財務》（The Finance of Higher Education）。他在高等教育經濟學方面的出版物集中於大學選擇、學費通脹、價格/補貼對學生持續學習的影響、高等教育成本、勞動力生產力增長、高等教育需求以及財務狀況對課程變化的影響。
