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Title:

What's happening to public higher education? / edited by Ronald G. Ehrenberg.

Publisher:

Praeger Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xxii, 381 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Public universities and colleges--United States.
Education, Higher--United States.
Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.
College costs--United States.
Universités publiques--États-Unis--Congrès.
Enseignement supérieur--États-Unis--Congrès.
Enseignement supérieur--Aspect économique--États-Unis--Congrès.
Enseignement universitaire--Coût.

Other Authors:

Ehrenberg, Ronald G.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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

ISBN:

9780275985035
0275985032

OCLC:

(OCoLC)63277693

LCCN:

2006002757

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)