There is an obituary for Earl F. Cheit in the NY Times that might be of interest to Tipsters; see: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/14/us/earl-cheit-prescient-educator-dies-at-87.html?emc=edit_th_20140814&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=389166&_r=0
Cheit was an economist at UC-Berkeley and perhaps best known outside of his field for a 1971 report described in the obit in the following terms: |Dr. Cheit's 250-page report, titled "The New Depression in Higher |Education" and sponsored by the Carnegie Commission on Higher |Education, examined 41 private and public colleges and universities |in 21 states and the District of Columbia. Based on research Dr. Cheit |(pronounced "chite") directed, it found that 70 percent of these were |either in financial difficulty or "headed for trouble." And: |The reason for alarm, Dr. Cheit wrote, was that costs faced by |colleges were rising at a faster rate than income. He said that |if the institutions were to prosper, federal and state governments |would have to contribute substantially more funds. At the same time, |the report said, colleges and universities needed to cut costs and |raise tuition. The report was published in book format by McGraw-Hill and is available in about 285 libraries across 8 editions (use www.worldcat.org to locate a copy near you). There were follow-up studies and one can check scholar.google.com for research citing Cheit's work. His writings provides some context for the changes in higher education that we seen since the late 1960s. One might also want to check out the website for the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (the funders of Cheit and related work) for additional and current material. A starting point is the description of Cheit's 1971 report; see: http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/publications/new-depression-higher-education-study-financial-aid-conditions-41-colleges-and-universi or one can start in the eLibrary: http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/elibrary One way that the federal and state governments chose to deal with the problems highlighted by Cheit was not to rely upon grants to universities but on loans to students which appears to have contributed to the present unpleasantness associated with student loans. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=37930 or send a blank email to leave-37930-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
