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Saving alma mater : a rescue plan for America's public universities
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ISBN: 128242646X 9786612426469 0226283887 9780226283883 9780226283869 0226283860 6612426462 Year: 2009 Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press,

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America's public universities educate 80% of our nation's college students. But in the wake of rising demands on state treasuries, changing demographics, growing income inequality, and legislative indifference, many of these institutions have fallen into decline. Tuition costs have skyrocketed, class sizes have gone up, the number of courses offered has gone down, and the overall quality of education has decreased significantly. Here James C. Garland draws on more than thirty years of experience as a professor, administrator, and university president to argue that a

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