States and Public Higher Education Policy

Donald E. Heller is the director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the Pennsylvania State University, where he is also a professor of education and senior scientist.

• Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction: Affordability, Access, and Accountability in Twenty-first Century Public Higher EducationPart I: AffordabilityChapter 1. Trends in the Affordability of Public Colleges and Universities: The Contradiction of Increasing Prices and Increasing EnrollmentChapter 2. The Continuing Paradox of Public College Tuition InflationChapter 3. Reforming How States Finance Higher EducationPart II: AccessChapter 4. Reframing Access and Opportunity: Public Policy DimensionsChapter 5. Race-Conscious Decision-Making in a State-Driven Admissions Process: Texas, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Top Ten Percent Plan Chapter 6. After Proposition 209: Post– Affi rmative Action College Access Policy in California Part III: AccountabilityChapter 7. Assessing Student Learning Outcomes in College: The Role of the States Chapter 8. Accountability Policies: Directions Old and NewChapter 9. Responses to the Call for Public Accountability: Using Student Data Systems to Facilitate Improvement in Degree AttainmentConclusion: State Policy and Technology: Aims, Realities, and the Uncertain Future List of ContributorsIndex

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