College & University Administration, Education - Political Aspects, Higher Education - General & Miscellaneous

Governance and the Public Good

Name: Governance and the Public Good
Author: William G. Tierney
ISBN: 9780791468760

by William G. Tierney

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Overview

The public good is not merely an economic idea of goods and services, but a place where thoughtful debate and examination of the polis can occur. In differentiating the university from corporations and other private sector businesses, Governance and the Public Good provides a framework for discussing the trend toward politicized and privatized postsecondary institutions while acknowledging the parallel demands of accountability and autonomy placed on sites of higher learning.

Synopsis

Grapples with a variety of policy issues in order to provoke a discussion of the state of higher education in the 21st century

About the Author, William G. Tierney

William G. Tierney is Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Building the Responsive Campus: Creating High Performance Colleges and Universities and the coeditor (with Linda Serra Hagedorn) of Increasing Access to College: Extending Possibilities for All Students and (with Zöe B. Corwin and Julia E. Colyar) of Preparing for College: Nine Elements of Effective Outreach, both also published by SUNY Press.