The states and public higher education policy
Subtitle: affordability, access, and accountability
By: edited by Donald E. Heller
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Baltimore, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9781421401218; 9781421401225
Subjects: State universities and colleges; Finance; Educational accountability; Admission; College costs; Education and state
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Trends in the affordability public colleges and universities: the contradiction of increasing prices and increasing enrollment / Donald E. Heller; title: The continuing paradox of public college tuition inflation / Michael Mumper and Melissa L. Freeman; title: Reforming how states finance higher education / Arthur M. Hauptman; title: Reframing access and opportunity: public policy dimensions / Patrick M. Callan; title: Race-conscious decisionmaking in a state-driven admissions process: Texas, the University of Texas at Austin, and the top ten percent plan / Catherine L. Horn and Stella M. Flores; title: After Proposition 209: post-affirmative action college access policy in California / Patricia Marin and John T. Yun; title: Assessing student learning outcomes in college: the role of the states / Peter T. Ewell; title: Accountability policies: directions old and new / William Zumeta and Alicia Kinne; title: Responses to the call for public accountability: using student data systems to facilitate improvement in degree attainment / Edward P. St. John; title: Conclusion: state policy and technology: aims, realities, and the uncertain future / Katrina A. Meyer.