Looking to the future. -- Concluding remarks / F. King Alexander. Do tenured and tenure-track faculty matter? / Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Liang Zhang -- The increasing use of adjunct instructors at public institutions: are we hurting students? / Eric P. Bettinger and Bridget Terry Long -- The effect of institutional funding cuts on baccalaureate graduation rates in public higher education / Gary L. Blose, John D. Porter, and Edward C. Kokkelenberg -- Individual state experiences. The effects of a changing financial context on the University of California / Gerald R. Kissler and Ellen Switkes -- Assessing public higher education in Georgia at the start of the twenty-first century / Christopher Cornwell and David B. Mustard -- Changing priorities and the evolution of public higher education finance in Illinois / F. King Alexander and Daniel Layzell -- Michigan public higher education: recent trends and policy considerations for the coming decade / Stephen L. DesJardins, Allison Bell, and Iria Puyosa -- North Carolina's commitment to higher education: access and affordability / Betsy E. Brown and Robert L. Clark -- State support for public higher education in Pennsylvania / Donald E. Heller -- The changing accessibility, affordability, and quality of higher education in Texas / Lisa M. Dickson -- Higher tuition, higher aid, and the quest to improve opportunities for low-income students: the case of Virginia / Sarah Turner -- Public higher education in Washington state: aspirations are misaligned with fiscal structure and politics / William Zumeta -- Consequences of a legacy of state disinvestment: plunging state support reduces access and threatens quality at University of Wisconsin system institutions / David W. Olien -- Looking to the future. -- Why we won't see any public universities "going private" / John D. Wiley -- Concluding remarks / F. King Alexander.
Series:
American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education
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