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Teaching Machines

From the book Higher Education in the United States

  • B. F. Skinner
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674423305.c41
From the book
Higher Education in the United States
Higher Education in the United States

Chapters in this book (53)

Frontmatter
PREFATORY NOTE
CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION
Introduction: Some Broad Issues
II. PRICING AND THE STUDENT BODY
Summary of Proceedings
A College Administrator Views the Tuition Problem
Is the Low-Tuition Principle Outmoded?
Higher Fees and the Position of Private Institutions
Equalizing Opportunity under Higher Charges
Some General Observations on the Pricing of Higher Education
The Problem of Higher College Tuition
Tuition and Costs
III. GOVERNMENT AID
Summary of Proceedings
Some Issues Raised by Recent Legislation
Federal and State Aid
State Aid for Private Institutions in Pennsylvania
The Tax-Credit Proposal
Higher Education and the Federal Budget
IV. FACULTY STATUS
Summary of Proceedings
Faculty Problems in the Liberal Arts College
Some Issues of Supply and Productivity
Non-Economic Aspects of Academic Morale
Faculty Pay and Institutional Extravagance
Some Statistical Aspects
V. EXPERIMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES
Summary of Proceedings
The Hofstra Experiment for Commuters
The New College Plan
The Dartmouth Experiment
Theories of Higher Education and the Experimental College
Experimentation and the Liberal Arts College
Some Problems at Amherst
The College Plan at Wesleyan
VI. ECONOMICS AND EDUCATIONAL VALUES
Summary of Proceedings
Some Problems of Assessing (and Improving) the Quality of a College
Economies and Educational Values
Problems in Estimating the Monetary Value of College Education
Increasing Productivity in Higher Education
Teaching Machines
Some Observations on the Allocation of Resources in Higher Education
The High Cost of Low-Cost Education
VII. INVESTMENT AND ENDOWMENT POLICIES
Summary of Proceedings
Difficulties in Determining Investment Policies
Objectives of Investment Policies
Some Examples of Experience with Growth Stocks
Growth and Income
Investment Possibilities
61 Broadway
Unorthodox Investing
Should Harvard Borrow?
Recent Trends in Endowment
Special Problems in Public Institutions
APPENDIX
INDEX
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