The future of higher education : rhetoric, reality, and the risks of the market - Newman, Frank, 1927-; Couturier, Lara.; Scurry, Jamie (San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2004)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-274) and indexes.
Keywords: Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States; Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States; Educational change -- United States