The future of higher education:rhetoric, reality, and the risks of the market

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Newman Frank 1927-
Group Author: Couturier Lara; Scurry Jamie
Published: Jossey-Bass,
Publisher Address: San Francisco
Publication Dates: c2004.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xvi, 284 p.: ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 0787969729 (alk. paper)
Index Number: G571
CLC: G571.2
Call Number: G571.2/N552
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Higher education in the grip of transforming change -- The new competition -- The coming of the market -- The growing gap between public needs and the reality of higher education -- The public, political leaders, and the academy view higher education -- Creating a thoughtful market -- Autonomy, accountability, and the new compact -- Who is responsible for student learning? -- Expanding access and succeeding -- Competitive grants for teaching and institutional service -- College and university strategies for the new era -- A decade of opportunity.