02975nam 2200517 450 991079576330332120230117225240.01-4214-4252-3(CKB)5600000000015421(OCoLC)1268684560(MdBmJHUP)musev2_94857(MiAaPQ)EBC6730035(Au-PeEL)EBL6730035(EXLCZ)99560000000001542120230117d2021 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWhat's public about public higher ed? halting higher education's decline in the court of public opinion /Stephen M. Gavazzi and E. Gordon GeeBaltimore, Maryland :Johns Hopkins University Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (1 online resource)1-4214-4253-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Opportunities and Threats to Higher Education -- 2. What Citizens Think about Their State's Public Universities: Steps toward Ground Truthing -- 3. Public Funding for Teaching, Research, and Community Engagement -- 4. Focusing Attention on Rural and Urban Communities -- 5. Global Footprint versus Closer to Home -- 6. Merit-Based Aid and Needs-Based Aid for Students -- 7. National Rankings: The Scourge of Higher Education -- 8. Jobs and Politics and Sports, Oh My! -- 9. Disdain the Beaten Path: The Year 2020 as a Turning Point for the American Public University -- Appendixes -- 1. Study Survey -- 2. Multivariate Tests -- 3. Tests of Between-Subjects Effects -- 4. Multiple Comparisons -- Notes -- Index.An unflinching, no-holds-barred exploration of what citizens really think about their public universities, What's Public about Public Higher Ed? places special emphasis on the events of 2020--including the COVID-19 pandemic and the worst racial unrest seen in half a century--as major inflection points for understanding the implications of the survey's findings.Public universities and collegesUnited StatesAdministrationPublic universities and collegesRatings and rankingsUnited StatesPublic universities and collegesUnited StatesPublic opinionUnited StatesPublic universities and collegesAdministration.Public universities and collegesRatings and rankingsPublic universities and collegesPublic opinion378.050973Gavazzi Stephen M.1270822Gee E. Gordon(Elwood Gordon),1944-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910795763303321What's public about public higher ed3808677UNINA