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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : PSU:000055829571
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063550425
Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781437908978
Author : Lou S. Cousteau
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : College costs
ISBN : 1628086955
The rising costs of post-secondary education present challenges to maintaining college affordability. Textbooks are an important factor students need to consider when calculating the overall cost of attending college. In an effort to ensure that faculty and students have sufficient information about textbooks, Congress included requirements in the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) concerning publisher and school disclosures, as well as publisher provisions of individual course materials. The HEOA directed the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to examine the implementation of the new textbook provisions. This book addresses (1) the efforts publishers have made to provide textbook information to faculty and make bundled materials available for sale individually, and how these practices have informed faculty selection of course materials; and (2) the extent to which post-secondary schools have provided students and college bookshops access to textbook information, and what the resulting costs and benefits have been. To conduct this study, the GAO interviewed eight publishers representing over 85 percent of new U.S. higher education textbook sales, administrators at seven schools, four campus bookshops, two national campus retailers, faculty and student groups at three schools, and others with relevant expertise. GAO also reviewed websites of a nationally representative sample of schools, complaint data from Education, and relevant federal laws.
Author : United States. Government Accountability Office
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : College textbooks
ISBN : 9781428932418
Author : Cornelia M. Ashby
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 1422302709
The federal government strives to make post-secondary education accessible & affordable, primarily by providing financial aid to students & their families. Given that nearly half of undergraduates receive federal financial aid, Congress is interested in the overall cost of attendance, including the cost of textbooks. This report determines: (1) what has been the change in textbook prices; (2) what factors have contributed to changes in textbook prices; & (3) what factors explain why a given U.S. textbook may retail outside the U.S. for a different price. Charts & tables.
Author : Albert N. Greco
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136850349
The Book Publishing Industry focuses on consumer books (adult, juvenile, and mass market paperbacks) and reviews all major book categories to present a comprehensive overview of this diverse business. In addition to the insights and portrayals of the U.S. publishing industry, this book includes an appendix containing historical data on the industry from 1946 to the end of the twentieth century. The selective bibliography includes the latest literature, including works in marketing and economics that has a direct relationship with this dynamic industry. This third edition features a chapter on e-books and provides an overview of the current shift toward digital media in the US book publishing industry.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050469878
Author : John B. Thompson
Publisher : Polity
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005-03-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780745634784
The book publishing industry is going through a period of profound and turbulent change brought about in part by the digital revolution. What is the role of the book in an age preoccupied with computers and the internet? How has the book publishing industry been transformed by the economic and technological upheavals of recent years, and how is it likely to change in the future? This is the first major study of the book publishing industry in Britain and the United States for more than two decades. Thompson focuses on academic and higher education publishing and analyses the evolution of these sectors from 1980 to the present. He shows that each sector is characterized by its own distinctive ‘logic’ or dynamic of change, and that by reconstructing this logic we can understand the problems, challenges and opportunities faced by publishing firms today. He also shows that the digital revolution has had, and continues to have, a profound impact on the book publishing business, although the real impact of this revolution has little to do with the ebook scenarios imagined by many commentators. Books in the Digital Age will become a standard work on the publishing industry at the beginning of the 21st century. It will be of great interest to students taking courses in the sociology of culture, media and cultural studies, and publishing. It will also be of great value to professionals in the publishing industry, educators and policy makers, and to anyone interested in books and their future.
Author : Melissa Emrey-Arras
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 145784673X
The rising costs of postsecondary education present challenges to maintaining college affordability. Textbooks are an important factor students need to consider when calculating the overall cost of attending college. In an effort to ensure that faculty and students have sufficient information about textbooks, Congress included requirements in the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) concerning publisher and school disclosures, as well as publisher provision of individual course materials. This report addresses (1) the efforts publishers have made to provide textbook information to faculty and make bundled materials available for sale individually, and how these practices have informed faculty selection of course materials; and (2) the extent to which postsecondary schools have provided students and college bookstores access to textbook information, and what the resulting costs and benefits have been. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.
Author : Thomas E. Glass
Publisher : R&L Education
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 1578860806
The History of Educational Administration Viewed Through Its Texts provides the reader a history of the development of the professional field of educational administration. From the Common School Era of the 1840s through the Era of Accountability in 2000, leaders of the profession wrote textbooks to both inform and instruct those desiring to follow in their footsteps. Historical leaders such as Elwood Cubberley, George Strayer, George Counts, and Jesse Sears are identified, and the ways in which their work influenced the profession and the public schools is examined. The various management themes running through the practice of educational administration over a 150-year period are also discussed. Among these themes is the administrator as a: philosopher and manager of virtue, scientific manager, executive, transformational leader, instructional leader in a time of high stakes accountability. The schools of "thought" affecting the preparation of education administrators is also discussed in the framework of general educational administration textbooks. The early textbooks written by the "grandfathers" were compendiums of "best practice" later eclipsed in the 1960s by a "theory movement" to make practice more scientific. This "new movement" was based on research in the social and behavioral sciences. The "theory movement" presently seems to be giving way to a return of textbooks being compendiums of best practice based on "professional" standards. Lastly, an exploration of the development and impact the specialization of the field has had on both textbooks and practice is included. The splintering of the educational administration professorate into finance, law, policy, personnel, and other specialties has had a profound impact on textbooks and practice. The development of standards dictating certification and licensing has also been influenced by specialization as opposed to general preparation. This book is a must for university libraries and every doctoral student writing a dissertation in educatio
Author : Robert B. Archibald,David H. Feldman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 019978132X
Much of what is written about colleges and universities ties rapidly rising tuition to dysfunctional behavior in the academy. Common targets of dysfunction include prestige games among universities, gold plated amenities, and bloated administration. This book offers a different view. To explain rising college cost, the authors place the higher education industry firmly within the larger economic history of the United States. The trajectory of college cost is similar to cost behavior in many other industries, and this is no coincidence. Higher education is a personal service that relies on highly educated labor. A technological trio of broad economic forces has come together in the last thirty years to cause higher education costs, and costs in many other industries, to rise much more rapidly than the inflation rate. The main culprit is economic growth itself. This finding does not mean that all is well in American higher education. A college education has become less reachable to a broad swathe of the American public at the same time that the market demand for highly educated people has soared. This affordability problem has deep roots. The authors explore how cost pressure, the changing wage structure of the US economy, and the complexity of financial aid policy combine to reduce access to higher education below what we need in the 21st century labor market. This book is a call to calm the rhetoric of blame and to instead find policies that will increase access to higher education while preserving the quality of our colleges and universities.
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Law
ISBN : MSU:31293029735507
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Industrial statistics
ISBN : MINN:30000001789324
Presents industry reviews including a section of "trends and forecasts," complete with tables and graphs for industry analysis.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1626 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Federal Aid to Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119513641