The Future of the Public University in America: Beyond the Crossroads
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (789 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801880629 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Public universities conduct the majority of the country's campus-based research and produce most of the nation's doctors, lawyers, engineers, teachers, and other professionals and public leaders. In the United States, public colleges and universities educate more than 80 percent of the nation's 11 million college students. They provide critical services such as agricultural and industrial technology, health care, and economic development, and they help students of all ages develop more rewarding careers and more meaningful lives.Written for everyone who is interested in and concerned about the nation's public universities, The Future of the Public University in America offers a view from the perspective of two experienced professionals. They look at the forces driving changeeconomic imperatives, technology, and market forcesas well as the characteristics of the public university that make change difficult: the nature of its various campus communities, its governance system, its management and decision-making processes, and its leadership. Womack, former executive vice president and chief financial officer of the University of Michigan, explore the unique challenges facing public higher education today. Duderstadt, former president of the University of Michigan, and Farris W. The authors conclude by sug
Kalikow Connection)They have certainly done the public university, and not only in the USA, a considerable service by mapping out the problem with such clarity and authority. Duderstadt and Farris W. Duderstadt and Womack, with insight acquired and honed in the trenches and on the battlements of one of the nation's foremost public universities, are pragmatic in addressing the challenges now facing the public universitiesaccess and cost, new technology, market forces, financing, leadership, governance, etcd visionary in spelling out the opportunities that beckon. (Tom Abeles On the Horizon)The university is about ideasincubating a few self-reflective new ones about its own role and function has to be helpful. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington)The American public university is a most