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  • Universities and Colleges as Economic Drivers

    Measuring Higher Education's Role in Economic Development

    Series series SUNY series, Critical Issues in Higher Education
    A comprehensive examination of the relationship between higher education, state government, and economic development.Local, state, and national economies are facing unprecedented levels of international competition. The current fiscal crisis has hampered the ability of many governments in the developed world to directly facilitate economic growth. At the same time, many governments in the ... Read more

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  • In Defense of American Higher Education

    The current era in higher education is characterized by increased need for accountability and fiscal constraint coupled with demands for increased productivity. Higher education is expected to meet the demand of changing student demographics, as well as requests for research and service from government and industry. To preserve the academy's ability to meet these demands, the editors and ... Read more

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  • Financing Higher Education Worldwide

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    No issue in higher education is as salient, or as controversial, as finance. As demand for higher education around the world grows, so do the costs associated with it, especially as governments shoulder less of the burden. Tuition fees rise and student loan debt grows. Who pays for these surging costs? Who should pay?D. Bruce Johnstone and Pamela N. Marcucci examine the universal phenomenon of ... Read more

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  • Higher Education Systems 3.0

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    Series series SUNY series, Critical Issues in Higher Education
    An exploration of multi-campus higher education systems and their role in improving communities and their economies.This thought-provoking volume brings together scholars and system leaders to analyze some of the most pressing and complex issues now facing higher education systems and society. Higher Education Systems 3.0 focuses on the remaking of higher education coordination in an era of ... Read more

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  • Ethnographic Methods in Entrepreneurship Research

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  • In the Wake of the Crisis

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    Prominent economists reconsider the fundamentals of economic policy for a post-crisis world.In 2011, the International Monetary Fund invited prominent economists and economic policymakers to consider the brave new world of the post-crisis global economy. The result is a book that captures the state of macroeconomic thinking at a transformational moment.The crisis and the weak recovery that has ... Read more

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  • New Learning

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