Pruning the ivy : the overdue reform of higher education / by Milton Leontiades.

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"Lacking normal measures of efficiency or production, universities' costs tend to spiral higher - with future escalation a given. Without reform, America's universities are coasting. Assuring future generation of a quality education is the collective responsibility and the duty of the citizenry. Based on an inside-out view of universities, this book provides the ammunition for such a campaign. It provides the information and stimulus for reform for legislators, community leaders, academics, and average citizens." --Book Jacket.

Cover ; Contents ; Introduction ; Overview ; Cost ; Competition ; Summary and Concusion ; 1. Higher Costs: A One-Way Escalator; Tuition's Upward Momentum; Higher Education: A "Stagnant" Industry; Higher Education: A "Mature" Industry; Contributing Cost Factors; Student Debts and Payback; Not all Institutions are Created Equal; Transformation of Hospitals; Summary and Conclusion; 2. Efficiency and Productivity: Missing in Action; The Efficiency Paradox; Cost-Push Pressures; Administration; Unions; Summary and Conclusion; 3. Cost Drivers: Research, Light Teaching Loads, and Tenure.

Research, Teaching, and Tenure: An OverviewResearch; Students are Underserved; Research Ignores its Constituents; Teaching; Tenure ; Origins of the Scientific Method; Economics: An Example of Pseudoscience; Summary and Conclusion; 4. University Governance; Presidents; Governing Boards; Faculty; Summary and Conclusion; 5. A More Competive Environment; Competition From Foreign Universities; For-Profit Online Companies; Corporate Universities; Summary and Conclusion; 6. Politics of the Professoriate; Politization of the Faculty; How did Universities Become so Politicized?

Politics of the FacultySpecific Studies; Curricula; Summary and Conclusion; 7. Change; Globalization; A World League of Elite Universities; Large National Universities and Colleges; Small Colleges; Rise of Technology; A Revolution in the Sciences; Migration of Jobs; Summary and Conclusion; 8. Agenda for the Future; Tenure; Rethink Research; Reevaluate the Use of PhDs; Focus on Core Competencies; Partner, Merge, or Restructure; Emphasize Entrepreneurship; Hire Leaders; Design Flexible Curricula; Summary and Conclusion ; References.

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