The Uncertain Future of American Public Higher Education : Student-Centered Strategies for Sustainability

"This book addresses the costly non-sustainable policies, programs, practices, and priorities currently driving the tuition crisis in American public higher education. In this era of growing competition among public colleges and universities for more students and higher rankings, their leaders and governing boards have lost sight of student-centered missions in favor of more and greater non-education related amenities, facilities, programs, and practices that have added substantially to the cost of a college degree without increasing its quality. This book is an appeal to all interested taxpaying citizens, public officials, governors, governing boards, and university presidents to take a second look at these costly decisions and begin a new era of placing the higher education needs and interests of students above all. We have created this tuition crisis; now we must solve it. ." - Prové de l'editor Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Introduction (Daniel M. Johnson)....Pages 1-9 Tuition Crisis: The Costs and Financing of Public Higher Education (Daniel M. Johnson)....Pages 11-25 Seat Time Academic Credit: What Does It Really Measure? (Daniel M. Johnson)....Pages 27-41 Tenure: Lifetime Employment in a Fast-Changing World (Daniel M. Johnson)....Pages 43-58 Campuses: Overvalued, Underused, and Very Costly (Daniel M. Johnson)....Pages 59-74 Lectures, Textbooks, Academic Calendar, and Administration: An Agenda for Change (Daniel M. Johnson)....Pages 75-89 Duplication of Programs: Where Do We Draw the Line? (Daniel M. Johnson)....Pages 91-104 Intercollegiate Athletics: Challenge to the Academic Mission (Daniel M. Johnson)....Pages 105-121 Presidential Selection, Salaries, and Moral Leadership (Daniel M. Johnson)....Pages 123-140 Student Demographics: The Coming Changes and Challenges for Higher Education (Daniel M. Johnson)....Pages 141-156 University Governance: Structures, Roles, and Responsibilities (Daniel M. Johnson)....Pages 157-174 Accreditation: How It Works and Is It Working? (Daniel M. Johnson)....Pages 175-191 Attacking the Problems: Student-Centered Strategies for Governors, Governing Boards, and University Presidents (Daniel M. Johnson)....Pages 193-208 Epilogue: Theoretical Perspectives on Change (Daniel M. Johnson)....Pages 209-213 Back Matter ....Pages 215-225