The University Unfettered: Public Higher Education in an Age of Disruption

by Ian F. McNeely

Book Overview

The public university as we once knew it is gone and never coming back. After generations of fickle state support, public universities behave more and more like their private counterparts--charging what the market will bear, offering what consumers demand, competing relentlessly with peers, and managing their own priorities. But looking back on how we got here offers surprising reassurance. U.S. public universities emerged largely intact after...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231220588
• ISBN13: 9780231220583
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 336 Pages