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Understanding the Finance of American Higher Education

A Primer
Michael T. Miller

£67.99

With soaring tuition and student debt, how did higher education get into this situation? This book explores how colleges became reliant on new revenue streams, asks who should be paying, and identifies key outcomes for the future of the academy.

Colleges and universities have been the subject of much public scrutiny for soaring tuition prices, student debt, and exorbitant spending on sports. But how did…
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Colleges and universities have been the subject of much public scrutiny for soaring tuition prices, student debt, and exorbitant spending on sports. But how did the higher education industry get into this situation? This book explores not only how higher education became reliant on different revenue streams but asks important questions about who could and should be paying for the services they provide. College leaders have often answered these questions from the perspective of what is best for their own institutions, often getting creative in finding new ways to fund their operations, such as fundraising, outsourcing certain activities, exclusive contracts, and even real estate investment. This book provides an important introduction to the how and why higher education finance has become what it is today and identifies several key projected outcomes for the future of the academy.

Michael T. Miller is the Dean of the College of Education and a Professor of Higher and Adult Education the University of Memphis, USA. He previously held the David and Jane Gearhart Endowed Faculty Fellowship and was a faculty member in Higher Education, Community College Leadership, Adult and Lifelong Learning and Public Policy at the University of Arkansas, USA where he also served as Dean and Associate Dean of the College of Education and Health Professions as well as Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership. He has also served as the Associate Dean of the College of Education at San Jose State University and Chair of Higher Education Program at the University of Alabama, USA.
Miller holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Southern Illinois University, USA, a Master’s degree in Higher Education from Southern Illinois University, and a Doctor of Education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Teachers College, USA.

Hardback

  • ISBN: 1-0364-6366-4
  • ISBN13: 978-1-0364-6366-3
  • Date of Publication: 2026-01-09

Ebook

  • ISBN: 1-0364-6367-2
  • ISBN13: 978-1-0364-6367-0
  • Date of Publication: 2026-01-09
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Subject Codes:

  • BIC: JNF, JNKG, JNMH
  • BISAC: EDU013000, EDU015000, EDU001030, BUS024000, BUS074010, BUS051000
  • THEMA: JNF, JNKG, JNM
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  • "This book provides an important introduction to the world of higher education finance and is especially appropriate considering the changing landscape of the academy. Of particular interest to the reader is the chapter on athletics and what is happening in the world of college sports. There is so much change happening in college sports today, it is critical to have this baseline understanding of what we are working from."
    - Dr Dan Kissinger, Chair, Department of Counseling, Stephens College, USA
  • "This is an excellent overview of higher education finance today. From the origins of tuition and how faculty became salaried to the discussion of government relations and fundraising, this is a comprehensive treatment that should be required reading for anyone working in higher education leadership."
    - Dr Daniel P. Nadler, Vice President for Student Affairs, Georgia College & State University, USA
  • "This is an excellent overview of higher education finance and each chapter provides the kind of detail and context that administrators need to have as they make decisions. The book is written in a way that the public can also easily read and understand how these financial issues have evolved. The problems we have today just didn’t suddenly appear, they evolved, and this book provides and understanding of that evolution."
    - Dr Mei-Yan Lu, Professor Emeritus, San Jose State University, USA

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