Public Funding of Higher Education: Changing Contexts and New Rationales - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801879736 ISBN 13 : 9780801879739

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004

Synopsis

For much of the twentieth century, political support for public funding of higher education was widespread in the United States. Liberals supported public investment because it encouraged social equity; conservatives did so because it promoted economic development. Recently the politics of higher education have become much more contentious. Waste-fighting conservatives advocate deep cuts in public financing; liberals want to expand enrollment and increase diversity. At the same time, public universities have embraced greater degrees of privatization while federal aid for students now emphasizes middle-class affordability over universal access. Public Funding of Higher Education brings together scholars and practitioners to address the complexities of this new climate and the impact of recent trends on policy and on political advocacy at the federal, state, and institutional level. By rethinking traditional rationales for public financing and offering alternatives, this volume will be useful to policymakers, administrators, faculty, students, and researchers struggling with this difficult practical dynamic.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Edward P. St. John is the Algo D. Henderson Collegiate Professor in the School of Education, University of Michigan. St. John is a fellow of the American Educational Research Association and recipient of awards from other associations for his scholarship on education and social justice.

Michael D. Parsons is a professor of higher education and chair of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the College of Education, Florida International University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801879736
• ISBN 13: 9780801879739
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Éditeur: St. John Edward P., Parsons Michael D.
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