Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface, 2002 ix
4. I Setting the Stage
5. 1 Why Do Costs Keep Rising at Selective Private Colleges and Universities 1
6. 2 Who Is in Charge of the University 19
7. II Wealth and the Quest for Prestige
8. Endowment Policies, Development Policies, and the Color of Money 35
9. 4 Undergraduate and Graduate Program Rankings 50
10. 5 Admissions and Financial Aid Policies 70
11. III The Primacy of Science over Economics
12. 6 Why Relative Prices Don’t Matter 93
13. 7 Staying on the Cutting Edge in Science 104
14. IV The Faculty
15. 8 Salaries 113
16. 9 Tenure and the End of Mandatory Retirement 126
17. V Space
18. 10 Deferred Maintenance, Space Planning, and Imperfect Information 139
19. 11 The Costs of Space 146
20. VI Academic and Administrative Issues
21. 12 Internal Transfer Prices 157
22. 13 Enrollment Management 171
23. 14 Information Technology, Libraries, and Distance Learning 187
24. VII The Nonacademic Infrastructure
25. 15 Parking and Transportation 209
26. 16 Cooling Systems 218
27. VIII Student Life
28. 17 Intercollegiate Athletics and Gender Equity 233
29. 18 Dining and Housing 249
30. IX Conclusion
31. 19 Looking to the Future 265
32. 20 A Final Thought 283
33. Appendix. Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Retirement Plans 287
34. Notes 291
35. Acknowledgments 303
36. Index 307