Toward a non-economistic understanding of higher education as a public <italic>and</italic> private good for <italic>the</italic> public good.

AbstractThis article defines a public good, arguing that higher education should be considered a public good. This requires moving away from an orthodox economistic understanding of public goods. It also requires understanding the relationship between higher education as both a private good and a public good to the extent that it promotes individual flourishing necessary to the public good. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]