Governmental Funding— Apart from Student Aid

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface and Acknowledgments vii
4. PART I: Prelude 1
5. PART II: Pressing National Needs
6. Achieving Higher Levels of Educational Attainment 11
7. Raising College Completion Rates in the United States 21
8. Reducing Time- to- Degree 31
9. Reducing Disparities in Outcomes by Socioeconomic Status and Race or Ethnicity 34
10. Achieving Affordability 46
11. Strengthening Leadership Capacities 61
12. PART III: An Agenda for Change
13. Governmental Funding— Apart from Student Aid 73
14. Payments by Individuals— and Student Aid (Including Loans) 87
15. Increasing Efficiency 106
16. Putting High-Profile College Sports in Proper Perspective 118
17. Rationalizing Staffing: Supporting the Development of a “Teaching Corps” 121
18. Improving Teaching through Technology: Adaptive Learning 126
19. Enabling Stronger Leadership 134
20. References 141
21. Index 153