Newfield, Christopher, <br/><br/>
The great mistake :  how we wrecked public universities and how we can fix them / 
Christopher Newfield. 
 - xiii, 430 pages :  illustrations ;  21 cm. 
 - Critical university studies .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : the great mistake -- Holding back public colleges -- The price of privatization -- The devolutionary cycle -- The eight stages of decline -- The university retreat from public goods -- Subsidizing the private sector -- Large, regular tuition hikes -- The states cut public funding -- Growing student debt -- Private vendors leverage public funds -- Unequal funding cuts attainment -- Universities build the post-middle class -- The recovery cycle. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421421629 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781421427034 (paperback) 1421421623 (hardcoever : alk paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016012781 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public universities and colleges--Finance.--United States<br/>Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.<br/>Higher education and state--United States.<br/>Privatization in education--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB2342  / .N49 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>378/.05