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Contains the keyword Public universities and colleges--United States

editor of compilation Gilvin, Amanda, editor of compilation Roberts, Georgia M., editor of compilation Martin, Craig. Collaborative futures : critical reflections on publicly active graduate education. Syracuse, New York: The Graduate School Press, Syracuse University; 2012.
Fethke GC, Policano AJ. Public no more : a new path to excellence for America's public universities. Stanford, California: Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press; 2012. Abstract

"Public No More examines the quickly changing environment within higher education, including the permanent decline in state support for public universities."

Smith WD. Public universities and the public sphere. Vol 1st. New York: Palgrave Macmillan; 2010.
Morphew CC, Eckel PD. Privatizing the public university: perspectives from across the academy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press; 2009.

"In an era of scarce resources and competitive strategies, this timely volume on privatization illuminates one of the most significant trends reshaping public higher education. Assembled here is a thoughtful and well-crafted collection of essays by prominent scholars who draw from a range of academic fields. They elucidate the major dimensions of privatization, beyond shifts in market mechanisms to fundamental questions about state policy objectives, academic governance, and campus missions. This book is a welcome contribution to the study of higher education." -- Patricia J. Gumport, Stanford University

Bowen WG, Chingos MM, McPherson MS. Crossing the finish line: Completing college at America's public universities. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press; 2009.

"Given rising pressure on state budgets, public higher education must learn to do more with less. Crossing the Finish Line illuminates anachronistic practices, such as an overreliance on test scores in admissions, continuing tuition subsidies to higher income families, and an underemphasis on degree completion. For the nation's economic future and the dreams of tomorrow's college aspirants, we must fundamentally rethink the function, pricing, and operation of public colleges." -- Thomas J. Kane, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Newfield C. Unmaking the public university : the forty-year assault on the middle class. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; 2008.

"Christopher Newfield argues that the financial and political crises of public universities are not the result of economic downturns or of ultimately valuable restructuring, but of a conservative campaign to end public education‚ democratizing influence on American society."