Professor Howard R Bowen

Howard R. Bowen was chief economist of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation of the U.S. Congress and economist for the Irving Trust Company. He was Avery Professor of Economics and Education at Claremont Graduate School, and also taught at Grinnell College and the University of Iowa before becoming dean of the Business School at the University of Illinois. He is author of many books, most notably The Costs of Higher Education and State of the Nation and the Agenda for Higher...See more

Howard R. Bowen was chief economist of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation of the U.S. Congress and economist for the Irving Trust Company. He was Avery Professor of Economics and Education at Claremont Graduate School, and also taught at Grinnell College and the University of Iowa before becoming dean of the Business School at the University of Illinois. He is author of many books, most notably The Costs of Higher Education and State of the Nation and the Agenda for Higher Education. Investment in Learning is the anchor to this trilogy. See less