Designing State Higher Education Systems for a New Century (ACE/Praeger Series on Higher Education) - Hardcover

"This text is an excellent resource for officials interested in ensuring that government leadership and higher education systems be structured to optimal performance. The authors not only provide a framework for assessing the effectiveness of higher education systems, they raise key questions elected leaders should be asking as they plan for higher education in the new millennium."-Spectrum: The Journal of State Government

"The research the authors have presented is intruiging....The authors create a model which helps the reader to reframe the current legislative and state government decision making.... the investment of time can provide new insights into state system governance and policy environments."-Journal of College Student Development

..."the authors do an excellent job of developing a theoretical picture of the current structure of American higher education governance systems and provide an informative, detailed look at the current governance picture as it exists in seven important states. The book is highly recommended for education libraries."-Education Libraries

?The research the authors have presented is intruiging....The authors create a model which helps the reader to reframe the current legislative and state government decision making.... the investment of time can provide new insights into state system governance and policy environments.?-Journal of College Student Development

?...the authors do an excellent job of developing a theoretical picture of the current structure of American higher education governance systems and provide an informative, detailed look at the current governance picture as it exists in seven important states. The book is highly recommended for education libraries.?-Education Libraries

?This text is an excellent resource for officials interested in ensuring that government leadership and higher education systems be structured to optimal performance. The authors not only provide a framework for assessing the effectiveness of higher education systems, they raise key questions elected leaders should be asking as they plan for higher education in the new millennium.?-Spectrum: The Journal of State Government

.,."the authors do an excellent job of developing a theoretical picture of the current structure of American higher education governance systems and provide an informative, detailed look at the current governance picture as it exists in seven important states. The book is highly recommended for education libraries."-Education Libraries

The authors explain how various state governance structures influence the way priorities for higher education are established. Based on a study conducted by the California Higher Education Policy Center, now The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, this study examines whether existing state higher education structures are adequate given the economic, social, and technological challenges of the 1990s and the first decades of the 21st century. The study also explored whether these structures are prepared to handle the changing student population as well as what appears to be an unprecedented period of increased demand for higher education in some states. The book contains comparative case studies of higher education systems in seven large and diverse states: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New York, and Texas.