Print version: Samuels, Robert. Why public higher education should be free : how to decrease costs and increase quality at American universities. New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2013] ix, 178 pages ISBN 9780813561233
Includes bibliographical references and index
Why tuition goes up and quality goes down -- Where the money goes in research universities -- Shortchanging undergraduate instruction -- The role of faculty and graduate students -- The rise of the administrative class -- The university as hedge fund -- The high cost of research -- Technology to the rescue? -- Making all public higher education free -- Educating students for a multicultural democracy.