A Struggle to Survive

Funding Higher Education in the Next Century
David S. Honeyman - University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
James L. Wattenbarger - University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
A Struggle to Survive
November 1996 | 264 pages | Corwin
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This volume continues the ongoing discussion on higher education funding in the United States. Critical issues addressed include: sources and levels of funding; performance-based accountability standards; the decentralization of control; diminished resources; retirement and benefits; increased use of business and private sectors in underwriting development; and alternate revenue sources.

Contents

Preface

Preface

The Financing of Higher Education

The Financing of Higher Education

The Value of Investments in Higher Education

  • Capturing the Full Returns

State Funding Formulas

  • Promise Fulfilled?

Accountability and Quality Evaluation in Higher Education

Accountability and Quality Evaluation in Higher Education

Issues in Benefits and Retirements in Higher Education

Issues in Benefits and Retirements in Higher Education

America's Investment in the Research Enterprise

  • The Academic Niche

Responsibility-Centred Management

  • An Approach to Decentralized Financial Operations

Funding Public Education with a State Lottery

  • Is Education the Winner?

Funding for Community Colleges

  • Changing Patterns of Support

Funding the Multipurpose Community College in an Era of Consolidation

Funding the Multipurpose Community College in an Era of Consolidation

Competition for Limited Resources

  • Realities, Prospects, and Strategies

Description

This volume continues the ongoing discussion on higher education funding in the United States. Critical issues addressed include: sources and levels of funding; performance-based accountability standards; the decentralization of control; diminished resources; retirement and benefits; increased use of business and private sectors in underwriting development; and alternate revenue sources.

Contents

Preface

Preface

The Financing of Higher Education

The Financing of Higher Education

The Value of Investments in Higher Education

  • Capturing the Full Returns

State Funding Formulas

  • Promise Fulfilled?

Accountability and Quality Evaluation in Higher Education

Accountability and Quality Evaluation in Higher Education

Issues in Benefits and Retirements in Higher Education

Issues in Benefits and Retirements in Higher Education

America's Investment in the Research Enterprise

  • The Academic Niche

Responsibility-Centred Management

  • An Approach to Decentralized Financial Operations

Funding Public Education with a State Lottery

  • Is Education the Winner?

Funding for Community Colleges

  • Changing Patterns of Support

Funding the Multipurpose Community College in an Era of Consolidation

Funding the Multipurpose Community College in an Era of Consolidation

Competition for Limited Resources

  • Realities, Prospects, and Strategies
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A Struggle to Survive

Funding Higher Education in the Next Century


November 1996 | 264 pages | Corwin

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Hardcover 27/02/2023 9780803965300 $88.95

This volume continues the ongoing discussion on higher education funding in the United States. Critical issues addressed include: sources and levels of funding; performance-based accountability standards; the decentralization of control; diminished resources; retirement and benefits; increased use of business and private sectors in underwriting development; and alternate revenue sources.

Table Of Contents:

  • Preface
  • The Financing of Higher Education
  • The Value of Investments in Higher Education
  • Capturing the Full Returns
  • State Funding Formulas
  • Promise Fulfilled?
  • Accountability and Quality Evaluation in Higher Education
  • Issues in Benefits and Retirements in Higher Education
  • America's Investment in the Research Enterprise
  • The Academic Niche
  • Responsibility-Centred Management
  • An Approach to Decentralized Financial Operations
  • Funding Public Education with a State Lottery
  • Is Education the Winner?
  • Funding for Community Colleges
  • Changing Patterns of Support
  • Funding the Multipurpose Community College in an Era of Consolidation
  • Competition for Limited Resources
  • Realities, Prospects, and Strategies

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