Description
Book SynopsisThe contributors examine the latest research on pressing challenges, explore how states are coping with these challenges, and consider what the future holds for public postsecondary education in the United States.
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Table of ContentsForeword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Affordability, Access, and Accountability in Twenty-first Century Public Higher Education
Part I: Affordability
Chapter 1. Trends in the Affordability of Public Colleges and Universities: The Contradiction of Increasing Prices and Increasing Enrollment
Chapter 2. The Continuing Paradox of Public College Tuition Inflation
Chapter 3. Reforming How States Finance Higher Education
Part II: Access
Chapter 4. Reframing Access and Opportunity: Public Policy Dimensions
Chapter 5. Race-Conscious Decision-Making in a State-Driven Admissions Process: Texas, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Top Ten Percent Plan
Chapter 6. After Proposition 209: Post– Affi rmative Action College Access Policy in California
Part III: Accountability
Chapter 7. Assessing Student Learning Outcomes in College: The Role of the States
Chapter 8. Accountability Policies: Directions Old and New
Chapter 9. Responses to the Call for Public Accountability: Using Student Data Systems to Facilitate Improvement in Degree Attainment
Conclusion: State Policy and Technology: Aims, Realities, and the Uncertain Future
List of Contributors
Index
