ECON155

Additional information: No background in economics is required, although this course could be a nice complement for ECON200 and ECON201.Why have tuition and fees increased substantially over the past 30 years at almost all institutions of higher education in the US? How can quality and productivity be measured in schools? Why do most students pay considerably less than the actual cost of service provision? What is society's interest in devoting considerable resources to education beyond the high school level? How do existing and proposed governmental policies impact both the number of students pursuing a college education and the cost of this education? ECON155 uses tools from economics to examine and explore answers to these and other related questions.