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Public Funding of Higher Education Changing Contexts and New Rationales

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ISBN-10: 0801882591

ISBN-13: 9780801882593

Edition: 2004

Authors: Edward P. St. John, Michael D. Parsons

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Much of the twentieth century saw broad political support for public funding of American higher education. Liberals supported public investment because it encouraged social equity, conservatives because it promoted economic development. Recently, however, the politics of higher education have become more contentious. Conservatives advocate deep cuts in public financing; liberals want to expand enrollment and increase diversity. Some public universities have embraced privatization, while federal aid for students increasingly emphasizes middle-class affordability over universal access. In Public Funding of Higher Education, scholars and practitioners address the complexities of this new…    
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Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 8/23/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Edward P. St. John is Algo D. Henderson Collegiate Professor of Education at the Center for the Study of Higher Education and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan and the author of Refinancing the College Dream, also available from Johns Hopkins. Michael D. Parsons is a professor of higher education and chair of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the College of Education, Florida International University.

Introduction
The Changing Federal Context
Higher Education and the Public Trough: A Historical Perspective
Federal Student Aid: The Shift from Grants to Loans
Federal Involvement in Higher Education Desegregation: An Unfinished Agenda
The Changing Context in the States
State Higher Education Financing: Demand Imperatives Meet Structural, Cyclical, and Political Constraints
Desegregation and Diversity: Finding New Ways to Meet the Challenge
Merit and Equity: Rethinking Award Criteria in the Michigan Merit Scholarship Program
Changing Institutional Rationales
Refinancing Public Universities: Student Enrollments, Incentive-Based Budgeting, and Incremental Revenue
Reconstructing Rationales for Public Funding: A Case Study
Financing Instructional Technology and Distance Education: Reviewing Costs and Outcomes
New Understandings
Lobbying in Higher Education: Theory and Practice
Policy Research and Political Decisions
List of Contributors
Index