Public No More A New Path to Excellence for America's Public Universities

Name: Public No More A New Path to Excellence for America's Public Universities
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ISBN: 9780804786959

ISBN-10: 080478695X

ISBN-13: 9780804786959

Edition: 2012

Authors: Andrew J. Policano, Gary C. Fethke

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Public No Moreexamines the quickly changing environment within higher education, including the permanent decline in state support for public universities. This book raises the question of how research universities can survive with reduced subsidies and increased competition from both non-profit and growing for-profit institutions. Authors Gary C. Fethke and Andrew J. Policano, both longtime university administrators, offer a strategic framework for determining how tuition and access should be set and how universities should decide on quality and program scope. Throughout the text, real-world examples illustrate successful and unsuccessful adoptions of the authors' proposals.Leadership…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 1/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface



Environmental Issues



Introduction: Challenges, Solutions, and Themes



Challenges Facing Public Research Universities



Practices, Procedures, and Strategies



A Framework for Defining, Creating, and Distributing Value



Tuition Setting in Practice



Basic Financial Structure of Public Universities



Two Prominent Models for Resource Allocation: Central-Administration Management and Responsibility-Centered Management



Policy and Analysis



Subsidies to Public Higher Education



An Efficiency-Based Subsidy and Tuition Policy



The Quality of Education



Culture and Governance



Cultural Impediments to Change



Templates for Change and Lost Opportunities



Public No More


Notes


References and Selected Bibliography


Index