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Public Funding of Higher Education: Changing Contexts and New Rationales
Edward P. St. John (Ed.)
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Description for Public Funding of Higher Education: Changing Contexts and New Rationales
Paperback. Thelin, University of Kentucky; Mary Louise Trammell, University of Arizona; David J. Weerts, University of Wisconsin-Madison; William Zumeta, University of Washington Editor(s): St. John, Edward P.; Parsons, Michael D. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16, 16 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKG; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
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 climate and its impact on policy and political advocacy at ... Read more
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 climate and its impact on policy and political advocacy at ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801882593
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V9780801882593
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About Edward P. St. John (Ed.)
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Public Funding of Higher Education: Changing Contexts and New Rationales
A rational voice... Send this book to members of your board-and, perhaps, to members of your state legislature come budget time.
Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti University Business 2005 Not only informative but even novel to an experienced observer... It will appeal to a sophisticated audience of policy analysts, politicians literate in the social sciences, and educational leaders whose opinions... matter. ... Read more
Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti University Business 2005 Not only informative but even novel to an experienced observer... It will appeal to a sophisticated audience of policy analysts, politicians literate in the social sciences, and educational leaders whose opinions... matter. ... Read more