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

• Autore: Fethke Gary C (Gary Craig), <1942->
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, California, : Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.050973
• Soggetto topico: Public universities and colleges - United States; Universities and colleges - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: PolicanoAndrew J. <1949->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Public no more
• ISBN: 0-8047-8219-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462025903321
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