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What's Happening to Public Higher Education?
Ronald G. . Ed(S): Ehrenberg
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Paperback. In concluding chapters, contributors provide valuable assessments of the critical issues and their practical implications-from state policy initiatives to the privatization of public universities. Editor(s): Ehrenberg, Ronald G. Num Pages: 408 pages, 60, 60 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JNKG; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
American public higher education appears to be in a state of crisis. Declining funding for public colleges and universities has led to declining faculty salaries relative to those of private institutions and to increasing tuition, threatening access and compromising quality. Ronald G. Ehrenberg and a team of experts examine the current state of public higher education, the public policies that shape it, and what the future may hold for institutions and their students, faculty, and administrators. Sounding a warning about the declining condition of public higher education, Ehrenberg and his contributors make a compelling case for increasing support for ... Read more
American public higher education appears to be in a state of crisis. Declining funding for public colleges and universities has led to declining faculty salaries relative to those of private institutions and to increasing tuition, threatening access and compromising quality. Ronald G. Ehrenberg and a team of experts examine the current state of public higher education, the public policies that shape it, and what the future may hold for institutions and their students, faculty, and administrators. Sounding a warning about the declining condition of public higher education, Ehrenberg and his contributors make a compelling case for increasing support for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801887130
SKU
V9780801887130
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About Ronald G. . Ed(S): Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg is the Irving M. Ives Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics at Cornell University and director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute.
Reviews for What's Happening to Public Higher Education?
This book provides good discussions of important trends and issues with respect to the financing of public higher education in the United States.
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