{"product_id":"the-states-and-public-higher-education-policy-9781421401218","title":"The States and Public Higher Education Policy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Affordability, access, and accountability will continue to be hot-button issues as legislators at all levels address constituents' concerns about their children's future... Any administrator who wants to gain a deeper understanding of these issues... might do well to spend some time with these essays.\" (University Business)\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Affordability, Access, and Accountability in Twenty-first Century Public Higher Education\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Affordability\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Trends in the Affordability of Public Colleges and Universities: The Contradiction of Increasing Prices and Increasing Enrollment\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The Continuing Paradox of Public College Tuition Inflation\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Reforming How States Finance Higher Education\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Access\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e4. Reframing Access and Opportunity: Public Policy Dimensions\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Race-Conscious Decision-Making in a State-Driven Admissions Process: Texas, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Top Ten Percent Plan \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. After Proposition 209: Post– Affi rmative Action College Access Policy in California \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Accountability\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e7. Assessing Student Learning Outcomes in College: The Role of the States \u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Accountability Policies: Directions Old and New\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Responses to the Call for Public Accountability: Using Student Data Systems to Facilitate Improvement in Degree Attainment\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: State Policy and Technology: Aims, Realities, and the Uncertain Future \u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529522258263,"sku":"9781421401218","price":55.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421401218.jpg?v=1731875944","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-states-and-public-higher-education-policy-9781421401218","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}