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Why write a book about the economics of higher education? In large part, the need for the book follows from the nature of the field of higher education. Unlike many academic disciplines which have developed their own specific theoretical underpinnings, higher education draws on theories and models from a number of disciplines including economics, sociology, political science, psychology, and so on. In fact, a perusal of the faculty in most any higher education department will reveal that professors were trained in many different fields.
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Toutkoushian, R.K., Paulsen, M.B. (2016). Introduction. In: Economics of Higher Education. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7506-9_1
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