Public no more : a new path to excellence for America's public universities / Gary C. Fethke and Andrew J. Policano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fethke, Gary C. (Gary Craig), 1942-

Contributor:

Policano, Andrew J., 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public universities and colleges--United States.

Public universities and colleges.

Universities and colleges--United States.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Public No More examines the quickly changing environment within higher education, including the permanent decline in state support for public universities. This book raises the question of how research universities can survive with reduced subsidies and increased competition from both non-profit and growing for-profit institutions. Authors Gary C. Fethke and Andrew J. Policano, both longtime university administrators, offer a strategic framework for determining how tuition and access should be set and how universities should decide on quality and program scope. Throughout the te

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Part I: Environmental Issues; 1. Introduction: Challenges, Solutions, and Themes; 2. Challenges Facing Public Research Universities; Part II : Practices, Procedures, and Strategies; 3. A Framework for Defining, Creating, and Distributing Value; 4. Tuition Setting in Practice; 5. Basic Financial Structure of Public Universities; 6. Two Prominent Models for Resource Allocation: Central-Administration Management and Responsibility-Centered Management; Part III : Policy and Analysis; 7. Subsidies to Public Higher Education; 8. An Efficiency-Based Subsidy and Tuition Policy

9. The Quality of EducationPart IV: Culture and Governance; 10. Cultural Impediments to Change; 11. Templates for Change and Lost Opportunities; 12. Public No More; Notes; References and Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804782197

0804782199

OCLC:

785811682