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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.
The 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, administrators, and faculty to believe they each have the right to decide key issues. Since their multiple perspectives lead to conflict, the text provides recommendations to achieve better outcomes.
Ultimately, "public no more" universities must have clear visions, streamlined governance structures, condensed scope, a more entrepreneurial approach, and a reduced sense of dependency and entitlement. Throughout the book, readers will find explanations for needed changes and real-world examples that illustrate successful and unsuccessful adoptions of the authors' proposals.
"Fethke and Policano do an excellent job of pinpointing the key issues in public higher education, and presenting strategic management solutions using lucid examples. Rigorous, but not overly technical, this book has a timely message, not just for higher education, but for the analysis of any situation in which strategic choices must be made and change is eminent."--John Kraft, Dean and Professor, University of Florida
| Preface | p. vii |
| Environmental Issues | p. 1 |
| Introduction: Challenges, Solutions, and Themes | p. 3 |
| Challenges Facing Public Research Universities | p. 9 |
| Practices, Procedures, and Strategies | p. 23 |
| A Framework for Defining, Creating, and Distributing Value | p. 25 |
| Tuition Setting in Practice | p. 49 |
| Basic Financial Structure of Public Universities | p. 67 |
| Two Prominent Models for Resource Allocation: Central-Administration Management and Responsibility-Centered Management | p. 80 |
| Policy and Analysis | p. 107 |
| Subsidies to Public Higher Education | p. 109 |
| An Efficiency-Based Subsidy and Tuition Policy | p. 134 |
| The Quality of Education | p. 153 |
| Culture and Governance | p. 169 |
| Cultural Impediments to Change | p. 171 |
| Templates for Change and Lost Opportunities | p. 194 |
| Public No More | p. 213 |
| Notes | p. 223 |
| References and Selected Bibliography | p. 243 |
| Index | p. 257 |
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ISBN: 9780804780506
ISBN-10: 0804780501
Series: Stanford Business Books (Hardcover)
Audience:
General
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 280
Published: 23rd May 2012
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.2
x 2.3
Weight (kg): 0.456
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