Investment in Learning

The value of higher education has been under attack as seldom before in American history. We are told of the overeducated American, of the case against college, and of the failure of education to contribute significantly to the reduction of inequality. In this environment, republication of an exceptionally comprehensive and judicious analysis of all that has been learned--and not learned--about the consequences of American higher education comes at a most appropriate time. Investment in Learning more fully covers the various aspects of this subject than any yet to appear. Bowen is optimistic about higher education, but his viewpoint is based on profound knowledge of both the economic and social aspects of education. Unlike some economists who insist on a strict cost-benefit analysis of expenditures on higher education in relation to outcomes, Bowen argues that the non-monetary benefits are far greater, to the point that individual and social decisions should be made primarily on those broader indicators. Cameron Fincher, in his new opening for the book, notes that Publication of Bowen's Investment in Learning was like a break in a long summer drought. . . . It was a comprehensive rebuttal to return-on-investment studies with negativistic findings. And in the foreword to the book, Clark Kerr simply says, Howard Bowen is better prepared to survey the overall consequences of higher education in the United States than anyone else

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• Linking Diversity with the Educational and Civic Missions of Higher Education

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• Asked More Often

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• The Invisible Rainbow in Diversity

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• Enabling possibility

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• Policies and Politics Surrounding Islamic Studies Programs in Higher Education Institutions in the United States

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• Meanings of Education for University Students

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• Age Variations in Personal Agency and Self-Esteem

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• College as a Gendered Experience

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• Models of Excellence

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• Paths to Success

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• Lieutenants to Learning

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• Value Conflicts in American Higher Education

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• Retrenchment in the 1980s

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• College Environmental Influences on Students' Educational Aspirations

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• Influences on Students' Perceptions of Their Academic Skill Development during College

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• Pricing and Efficiency in Higher Education

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• Assessment with Open Eyes

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• Faculty Consulting

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• Fostering Critical Thinking through Effective Pedagogy

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• Gender Roles in Transition

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• Turning Points in a Scholarly Career

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• Using Multiple Outcomes to Validate Student Ratings of Overall Teacher Effectiveness

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• Cross-Cultural Values for a Pluralistic Core Curriculum

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• Analytical Reasoning Skills in Graduate Study

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• Job Loss

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