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Katsinas, Stephen G.; Kinkead, J. Clint – Online Submission, 2011
At the 2009 meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education's Council on Public Policy in Higher Education, Pat Callan, President of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, asserted that Master's Colleges and Universities (MCUs) are the most understudied sector of American higher education. This paper described how…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Classification, Community Colleges, State Colleges
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Cavanaugh, John C.; Garland, Peter – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2012
Greater accountability in public higher education systems is a fact of life in the current political climate. Increasingly, one form this accountability takes is performance funding, which arises from elected officials' need for assurance that taxpayer funds are not only being invested and used properly but are resulting in desired outcomes at…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Education, State Colleges, Accountability
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 2011
American Association of State Colleges and Universities' (AASCU's) public policy agenda, rooted in an uncompromising commitment to opportunity for the nation's students, is expressed through the following core principles: (1) Higher education is a common good that provides significant benefits to individuals and society as a whole; (2) America's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Investment, State Colleges, Advocacy
Clark, Burton R., Ed. – 1984
Eight perspectives on higher education are provided in essays based on papers presented at a 1982 seminar. The historical perspective is provided by Harold Perkin with attention to turning points in higher education in Europe, Japan, and the United States. Maurice Kogan considers the political view and specifically intrainstitutional issues, the…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Influences, Economic Factors, Educational Finance
Levy, Daniel C. – 1986
Private education and comparisons between private and public education at the collegiate and elementary/secondary levels are discussed in 11 articles. Attention is directed to relationships between private choice and public policy as they affect the quality, finance, governance, mission, and division of labor in a cross-national, interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Choice, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education