TY - BOOK AU - Newfield,Christopher TI - The great mistake: how we wrecked public universities and how we can fix them T2 - Critical university studies SN - 9781421421629 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - LB2342 .N49 2016 U1 - 378/.05 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Public universities and colleges KW - United States KW - Finance KW - Education, Higher KW - Aims and objectives KW - Higher education and state KW - Privatization in education N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -