A Struggle to Survive

This volume continues the ongoing discussion on higher education funding in the United States. Critical issues addressed include: sources and levels of funding; performance-based accountability standards; the decentralization of control; diminished resources; retirement and benefits; increased use of business and private sectors in underwriting development; and alternate revenue sources.

Preface - David S Honeyman, James C Wattenbarger, and Kathleen C WestbrookThe Financing of Higher Education - David S Honeyman and Megan BruhnThe Value of Investments in Higher Education - Terry G Geske Capturing the Full ReturnsState Funding Formulas - Mary P McKeown Promise Fulfilled?Accountability and Quality Evaluation in Higher Education - John V Lombardi and Elizabeth D CapaldiIssues in Benefits and Retirements in Higher Education - Jay L ChronisterAmericäs Investment in the Research Enterprise - Karen A Holbrook The Academic NicheResponsibility-Centred Management - Edward L Whalen An Approach to Decentralized Financial OperationsFunding Public Education with a State Lottery - Susan Robinson Summers Is Education the Winner?Funding for Community Colleges - Dale F Cambell,Karen Sayles, Lynn Leverty Changing Patterns of SupportFunding the Multipurpose Community College in an Era of Consolidation - James C PalmerCompetition for Limited Resources - Richard L Alfred Realities, Prospects, and Strategies