| Description |
1 online resource (282 pages) |
| 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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
Public No More examines the rapidly changing environment within public higher education, explaining the many adjustments that universities can make to educate and compete in today's non-profit and growing for-profit arenas. This book offers a strategic framework for setting tuition; accommodating access; and determining quality, program scope, and operating efficiencies. It discusses university finances, the implications of internal cross subsidies, and the attractive aspects of alternative budgeting models. The authors also examine the governance structures that lead legislators, regents, ad |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Public universities and colleges -- United States
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Public universities and colleges
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fethke, Gary
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| ISBN |
9780804782197 |
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0804782199 |
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