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The States and Public Higher Education Policy: Affordability, Access, and Accountability
Donald E. Heller
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Description for The States and Public Higher Education Policy: Affordability, Access, and Accountability
Paperback. The contributors examine the latest research on pressing challenges, explore how states are coping with these challenges, and consider what the future holds for public postsecondary education in the United States. Editor(s): Heller, Donald E. Num Pages: 288 pages, 27, 27 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNM; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
Affordability, access, and accountability have long been among the central challenges facing higher education-and they remain so today. Here, Donald E. Heller and other higher education scholars and practitioners explore the current debates surrounding these key issues. As students and their families struggle to meet rising tuition prices, and as state funding for higher education dwindles, policymakers confront issues of affordability within state and institutional budgets. Changing demographics and challenges to affirmative action complicate the admissions process even as colleges and universities seek to diversify enrollments. And issues of institutional accountability have forced the restructuring of higher education governing boards ... Read more
Affordability, access, and accountability have long been among the central challenges facing higher education-and they remain so today. Here, Donald E. Heller and other higher education scholars and practitioners explore the current debates surrounding these key issues. As students and their families struggle to meet rising tuition prices, and as state funding for higher education dwindles, policymakers confront issues of affordability within state and institutional budgets. Changing demographics and challenges to affirmative action complicate the admissions process even as colleges and universities seek to diversify enrollments. And issues of institutional accountability have forced the restructuring of higher education governing boards ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421401225
SKU
V9781421401225
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About Donald E. Heller
Donald E. Heller is the director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the Pennsylvania State University, where he is also a professor of education and senior scientist.
Reviews for The States and Public Higher Education Policy: Affordability, Access, and Accountability
"Affordability, access, and accountability will continue to be hot-button issues as legislators at all levels address constituents' concerns about their children's future... Any administrator who wants to gain a deeper understanding of these issues... might do well to spend some time with these essays." (University Business)"