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A struggle to survive : funding higher education in the next century / editors, David S. Honeyman, James L. Wattenbarger, Kathleen C. Westbrook.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Annual yearbook of the American Education Finance Association ; 17th.
- Annual yearbook of the American Education Finance Association ; 17th
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--United States--Finance.
- Education, Higher.
- United States.
- Finance.
- Government aid to higher education--United States.
- Government aid to higher education.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, [1996]
- Summary:
- This volume continues the ongoing discussion on higher education funding in the United States. Critical issues addressed include: sources and levels of funding; performance-based accountability standards; the decentralization of control; diminished resources; retirement and benefits; increased use of business and private sectors in underwriting development; and alternate revenue sources.
- Contents:
- The financing of higher education
- The value of investments in higher education
- State funding formulas
- Accountability and quality evaluation in higher education
- Benefit and retirement issues in higher education
- Responsibility-centered management
- Funding public education with a state lottery
- Funding for community colleges
- Funding the multipurpose community college in an era of consolidation
- Competition for limited resources.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0803965303
- OCLC:
- 34990045
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