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Author Garland, James C., 1942-

Title Saving alma mater [electronic resource] : a rescue plan for America's public universities / James C. Garland.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xix, 268 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Where the money comes from -- Market forces in higher education -- Why public universities cannot restrain costs -- The university prime directive -- The faculty are the university -- The cargo cult college -- The blessing and curse of shared governance -- What price shared governance? -- The shape of things to come -- Leadership begins with the trustees -- The role of governing boards in the new era -- Recruiting presidential leadership -- Reforming the academic culture -- A proposal for deregulation of public universities.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Public universities and colleges -- United States -- Finance.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780226283869 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226283860 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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