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How can public university systems leverage their scale to increase intercampus collaboration and better educational outcomes?
American public higher education systems include the largest and most impactful colleges and universities in the nation, including 75 percent of the nation''s public sector students. While their impact is enormous, they are largely neglected as an area of study and underutilized as an instrument for the improvement of postsecondary outcomes. Meanwhile, most states continue to struggle to reach their goals for higher education attainment, social and economic mobility, workforce development, equitable access and affordability, technological innovation, and human and environmental health.
Through a series of essays written by academic experts and senior practitioners, Public University Systems argues that higher education can act as a powerful tool for making progress on societal goals by leveraging their unique scale. These systems ca
