The Fall of the Ivory Tower: Government Funding, Corruption, and the Bankrupting of American Higher Education
by Roche, George
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- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Washington D.C.: Regenery Publishing, Inc., 1994. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, spine is lightly creased, some light shelf wear, overall a very crisp and clean signed first edition (stated)! Flat-signed on a bookplate on the ffep! Color illustrated wrapper with green and black lettering. 310 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "American higher education is the best in the world, which is why it attracts tens of thousands of foreign students. the breadth and diversity of our institutions make their foreign counterparts pale in comparision. But our system today is in deep crisis, financially, morally, and academically.........." ----- from the Foreword.. Signed by Author. First Edition / First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Conover Books
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- 041190
- Title
- The Fall of the Ivory Tower: Government Funding, Corruption, and the Bankrupting of American Higher Education
- Author
- Roche, George
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Publisher
- Regenery Publishing, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Washington D.C.
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- STATE AID TO HIGHER EDUCATION UNITED STATES FEDERAL AID UNIVERSITIES COLLEGES FINANCE COSTS POLITICAL ASPECTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Political Science;
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