What's Happening to Public Higher Education?

Name: What's Happening to Public Higher Education?
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ISBN: 9780275985035

ISBN-10: 0275985032

ISBN-13: 9780275985035

Edition: 2006

Authors: Ronald G. Ehrenberg, F. King Alexander, Allison Bell, Eric Bettinger, Gary L. Blose

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Public higher educational institutions, where about 80 percent of all college students and 65 percent of all four-year college students are educated, appear to be in serious trouble. In order to delve more deeply into his topic, Dr. Ehrenberg invited a wide-ranging team of experts to examine changes in public higher education over the last quarter century, and to present their findings at a conference at Cornell University in May 2005. Edited versions of their papers are presented here. The authors of the essays are leading researchers from around the country who have intensively studied the causes of the changing finances of public higher education and the ways in which these changes have…

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List price: $94.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/30/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 408
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.67" long x 1.19" tall
Weight: 1.716
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Setting the Stage



State Preferences for Higher Education Spending: A Panel Data Analysis, 1977-2001




Do Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty Matter?




The Increasing Use of Adjunct Instructors at Public Institutions: Are We Hurting Students?




The Effect of Institutional Funding Cuts on Baccalaureate Graduation Rates in Public Higher Education




Individual State Experiences



The Effects of a Changing Financial Context on the University of California




Assessing Public Higher Education in Georgia at the Start of the Twenty-first Century




Changing Priorities and the Evolution of Public Higher Education Finance in Illinois




Michigan Public Higher Education: Recent Trends and Policy Considerations for the Coming Decade




North Carolina's Commitment to Higher Education: Access and Affordability




State Support for Public Higher Education in Pennsylvania




The Changing Accessibility, Affordability, and Quality of Higher Education in Texas




Higher Tuition, Higher Aid, and the Quest to Improve Opportunities for Low-Income Students: The Case of Virginia




Public Higher Education in Washington State: Aspirations Are Misaligned with Fiscal Structure and Politics




Consequences of a Legacy of State Disinvestment: Plunging State Support Reduces Access and Threatens Quality at University of Wisconsin System Institutions




Looking to the Future



Why We Won't See Any Public Universities "Going Private"




Concluding Remarks



References


Index


About the Editor and the Contributors