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  • Paying the Piper

    Productivity, Incentives, and Financing in U.S. Higher Education

    Edited by Michael McPherson, Morton Owen Schapiro, Gordon Winston ...
    Rising tuitions and shrinking government budgets have pushed questions about productivity and resource use in U.S. higher education to the fore. In Paying the Piper three distinguished researchers examine the many successes of U.S. higher education, identify real problems, and carefully analyze potential solutions. Among the questions addressed are: On what do colleges and universities spend their ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy, and Public Policy

    by Daniel Hausman, Michael McPherson, Debra Satz ...
    This book shows through argument and numerous policy-related examples how understanding moral philosophy can improve economic analysis, how moral philosophy can benefit from economists' analytical tools, and how economic analysis and moral philosophy together can inform public policy. Part I explores the idea of rationality and its connections to ethics, arguing that when they defend their formal ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Campus Economics

    How Economic Thinking Can Help Improve College and University Decisions

    by Sandy Baum, Michael McPherson ...
    An invaluable primer on the role economic reasoning plays in campus debate and decision makingCampus Economics provides college and university administrators, trustees, and faculty with an essential understanding of how college finances actually work. Sandy Baum and Michael McPherson explain the concepts needed to analyze the pros, the cons, and the trade-offs of difficult decisions, and offer a ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Keeping College Affordable

    Government and Educational Opportunity

    by Michael S. McPherson, Morton Owen Schapiro ...
    As Congress debates the reauthorization of the basic federal student aid legislation, and as governors and state legislators cope with increasingly severe budgetary problems of their own, the issues of preserving college opportunity and sharing the burden of college costs are particularly critical and timely. This book assesses the role of government subsidies for higher education-especially but ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy and Public Policy

    by Daniel M. Hausman, Michael S. McPherson ...
    This 2006 book shows through accessible argument and numerous examples how understanding moral philosophy can improve economic analysis, how moral philosophy can benefit from economists' analytical tools, and how economic analysis and moral philosophy together can inform public policy. Part I explores rationality and its connections to morality. It argues that in defending their model of ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Everything You Never Learned About Sex

    Take Back Your Masculine Power & Use Your Sex Energy For Good

    by Michael McPherson, Michael McPherson ...
    Who did you talk to about sex when you were a kid? If you’re a Millennial, chances are your answer is “nobody.” In this all-inclusive look into a man’s world, author Michael McPherson shines a light on what it was like for the men of his generation to mature sexually, and why so many still haven’t. He explores what’s currently in the way of men experiencing an empowered relationship with sex and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Can College Level the Playing Field?

    Higher Education in an Unequal Society

    by Sandy Baum, Michael McPherson ...
    Why higher education is not a silver bullet for eradicating economic inequality and social injusticeWe often think that a college degree will open doors to opportunity regardless of one’s background or upbringing. In this eye-opening book, two of today’s leading economists argue that higher education alone cannot overcome the lasting effects of inequality that continue to plague us, and offer ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Aims of Higher Education

    Problems of Morality and Justice

    Edited by Harry Brighouse, Michael McPherson ...
    In this book, philosopher Harry Brighouse and Spencer Foundation president Michael McPherson bring together leading philosophers to think about some of the most fundamental questions that higher education faces. Looking beyond the din of arguments over how universities should be financed, how they should be run, and what their contributions to the economy are, the contributors to this volume set ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Ethics in Higher Education

    Promoting Equity and Inclusion Through Case-Based Inquiry

    Edited by Rebecca M. Taylor, Ashley Floyd Kuntz ...
    CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2022In this thought-provoking volume, editors Rebecca M. Taylor and Ashley Floyd Kuntz invite readers to explore the many facets of on-campus ethical dilemmas and the careful, nuanced decision-making processes required to address them.Taylor and Kuntz demonstrate how to apply collaborative, multidisciplinary, philosophical inquiry to deeply complex issues. They ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Student Aid Game

    Meeting Need and Rewarding Talent in American Higher Education

    by Morton Schapiro, Michael McPherson ...
    Series series The William G. Bowen Series
    Student aid in higher education has recently become a hot-button issue. Parents trying to pay for their children's education, college administrators competing for students, and even President Bill Clinton, whose recently proposed tax breaks for college would change sharply the federal government's financial commitment to higher education, have staked a claim in its resolution. In The Student Aid ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • The Taxation of Petroleum and Minerals

    Principles, Problems and Practice

    Edited by Philip Daniel, Michael Keen, Charles McPherson ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics
    There are few areas of economic policy-making in which the returns to good decisions are so high—and the punishment of bad decisions so cruel—as in the management of natural resource wealth. Rich endowments of oil, gas and minerals have set some countries on courses of sustained and robust prosperity; but they have left others riddled with corruption and persistent poverty, with little of lasting ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Crossing the Finish Line

    Completing College at America's Public Universities

    by William G. Bowen, Matthew M. Chingos, Michael McPherson ...
    Series series The William G. Bowen Series
    Why so many of America's public university students are not graduating—and what to do about itThe United States has long been a model for accessible, affordable education, as exemplified by the country's public universities. And yet less than 60 percent of the students entering American universities today are graduating. Why is this happening, and what can be done? Crossing the Finish Line ... Read more

    $26.69 USD