Chapter 1 examines Education's role in: (1) recognizing accrediting agencies, (2) overseeing the financial condition of schools, and (3) overseeing schools' student loan default rates. Chapter 2 discusses (1) how Education oversees the financial condition of schools; (2) the extent to which...

The theory of academic capitalism -- The policy climate for academic capitalism -- Patent policies : legislative change and commercial expansion -- Patent policies play out : student and faculty life -- Copyright : institutional policies and practices -- Copyrights play out : commodifying the...

American higher education / John W. Sommer -- The evolution of American higher education / Roger E. Meiners -- In service to the state / Joel H. Spring -- Federal student aid / C. Ronald Kimberling -- Higher education, the individual, and the humane sciences / Antony Flew -- The economics of...