Privatizing the Public University - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Privatizing the Public University write by Christopher C. Morphew. This book was released on 2009-07. Privatizing the Public University available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With public colleges and universities facing substantial budget cuts and increased calls for accountability, more institutions now rely on private revenue streams for support. As market-driven policies and behaviors become more commonplace, some cautious critics sound the alarm, while others watching the bottom line cheer. But which perspective gets it right? Does the privatization of public higher education threaten its very mission or support it? In this collection of essays, economists, policy makers, political scientists, sociologists, and organizational researchers discuss the impact of privatization from their respective disciplinary perspectives and assess its implications for the future of higher education. Privatization may bring additional funds and services that are free from government regulations and oversight, but does it also allow private interests to have undue influence over public higher education? Should public universities have to compete in the economic marketplace as vigorously as they do in the marketplace of ideas? What are the implications when institutions of higher learning function like businesses? With privatization now a reality for most public colleges and universities, an objective examination of the issue from these diverse academic perspectives will be welcomed by those struggling with its challenges.
Privatization and Public Universities
Privatization and Public Universities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Privatization and Public Universities write by Douglas M. Priest. This book was released on 2006. Privatization and Public Universities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A timely book on an important subject for the future of higher education in America
Privatization and the Public Good
Privatization and the Public Good - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Privatization and the Public Good write by Matthew T. Lambert. This book was released on 2014. Privatization and the Public Good available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examines a range of developments related to the "privatization" of public higher education in the United States, including increasing "institutional autonomy, higher tuition, diminishing appropriations, alternative revenue sources such as philanthropy and new business ventures, and modified governance relationships." These developments, in turn, have resulted in an uncertain future for public academic institutions across the country, posing unprecedented questions and challenges for them.--Provided by publisher.
Reign of Error
Reign of Error - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reign of Error write by Diane Ravitch. This book was released on 2014-08-26. Reign of Error available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From one of the foremost authorities on education in the United States, former U.S. assistant secretary of education, an incisive, comprehensive look at today’s American school system that argues against those who claim it is broken and beyond repair; an impassioned but reasoned call to stop the privatization movement that is draining students and funding from our public schools. In a chapter-by-chapter breakdown she puts forth a plan for what can be done to preserve and improve our public schools. She makes clear what is right about U.S. education, how policy makers are failing to address the root causes of educational failure, and how we can fix it.
The True Genius of America at Risk
The True Genius of America at Risk - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The True Genius of America at Risk write by Katharine Lyall. This book was released on 2006. The True Genius of America at Risk available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A perfect storm of fiscal and political trends is rapidly forcing the privatization of America's public universities. Unless those who care about preserving these valuable public assets redefine the core purposes of public higher education, college will quickly become a very difficult goal for lower-income citizens to achieve, and the economic future of America will suffer as a consequence. To help avoid this crisis, Lyall and Sell have opened a candid public policy discussion about the future of public universities. This is the only book-length treatment of public higher education finance at the beginning of the twenty-first century that looks comprehensively at state experiments and dilemmas, and attempts to envision possible future paths. Lyall and Sell describe market forces that are eroding the traditional partnership between states and public universities, and explain how the search for new revenue sources is refocusing the basic goals of public universities. Through their focus on the past and the future of public higher education, the authors manage to clarify what has gone wrong and what can be done to save these valuable American institutions. A number of new state experiments in restructuring higher education governance and organization are summarized and used as models in the work. Both economic and political evidence is also summarized for the reader's benefit. The authors demonstrate how the interaction between recent trends has driven unintended consequences. Chapters in the book stand on their own and can be used selectively in courses, and appendix pages provide thumbnail summaries of individual issues. Higher education leaders, governors and legislators with education and economic development agendas, and statewide education governing boards should all find this book to be of strong interest.
