Do private and philanthropic solutions to the problems of education signal the end of state education in its "welfare" form? Education policy is being reformed and re-worked on a global scale. Policies are flowing and converging to produce a singular vision of "best practice" based on the methods and tenets of the "neo-liberal imaginary".…

"Research Universities and the Future of America" presents critically important strategies for ensuring that our nation's research universities contribute strongly to America's prosperity, security, and national goals. Widely considered the best in the world, our nation's research universities today confront significant financial…

The support of the Ford Foundation for higher education research, and specifically policy-oriented studies, is discussed. The first commonality of Ford Foundation-sponsored policy studies is the existence of a commonly perceived problem (e.g., the Commission on Minorities studied equity/affirmative action). A second commonality of Ford's work is…