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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ehrenberg, Ronald G.

Series:

American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public universities and colleges--United States.

Public universities and colleges.

Education, Higher--United States.

Education, Higher.

United States.

Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.

Education, Higher--Economic aspects.

College costs--United States.

College costs.

Physical Description:

xxii, 381 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

What is happening to public higher education?

Place of Publication:

Westport, CT : Praeger Publishers, 2006.

Contents:

Chapter 1 State Preferences for Higher Education Spending: A Panel Data Analysis, 1977-2001 / Michael J. Rizzo 3

Chapter 2 Do Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty Matter? / Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Liang Zhang 37

Chapter 3 The Increasing Use of Adjunct Instructors at Public Institutions: Are We Hurting Students? / Eric P. Bettinger, Bridget Terry Long 51

Chapter 4 The Effect of Institutional Funding Cuts on Baccalaureate Graduation Rates in Public Higher Education / Gary L. Blose, John D. Porter, Edward C. Kokkelenberg 71

Part II Individual State Experiences 83

Chapter 5 The Effects of a Changing Financial Context on the University of California / Gerald R. Kissler, Ellen Switkes 85

Chapter 6 Assessing Public Higher Education in Georgia at the Start of the Twenty-first Century / Christopher Cornwell, David B. Mustard 107

Chapter 7 Changing Priorities and the Evolution of Public Higher Education Finance in Illinois / F. King Alexander, Daniel Layzell 135

Chapter 8 Michigan Public Higher Education: Recent Trends and Policy Considerations for the Coming Decade / Stephen L. DesJardins, Allison Bell, Ira Puyosa 159

Chapter 9 North Carolina's Commitment to Higher Education: Access and Affordability / Betsy E. Brown, Robert L. Clark 183

Chapter 10 State Support for Public Higher Education in Pennsylvania / Donald E. Heller 207

Chapter 11 The Changing Accessibility, Affordability, and Quality of Higher Education in Texas / Lisa M. Dickson 229

Chapter 12 Higher Tuition, Higher Aid, and the Quest to Improve Opportunities for Low-Income Students: The Case of Virginia / Sarah Turner 251

Chapter 13 Public Higher Education in Washington State: Aspirations Are Misaligned with Fiscal Structure and Politics / William Zumeta 275

Chapter 14 Consequences of a Legacy of State Disinvestment: Plunging State Support Reduces Access and Threatens Quality at University of Wisconsin System Institutions / David W. Olien 303

Part III Looking to the Future 325

Chapter 15 Why We Won't See Any Public Universities "Going Private" / John D. Wiley 327.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-361) and index.

ISBN:

0275985032

OCLC:

63277693

Publisher Number:

9780275985035