Wise Moves Hard Times (Dp11)

Leslie and Fretwell have produced as good a book as I have seen in the timely field of higher education's response to it pervasive long-range financial dilemmas.
—D. Bruce Johnstone, university professor and former chancellor, State University of New York

Leslie and Fretwell have produced as good a book as I have seen in the timely field of higher education's response to it pervasive long-range financial dilemmas.
—D. Bruce Johnstone, university professor and former chancellor, State University of New York

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Leslie (professor and coordinator, Higher Education Program, Florida State U.) and Fretwell (chancellor emeritus, U. of North Carolina- Charlotte) explore the causes and implications of reduced resources, increased accountability, and assaults from the media on universities, and report on the ways institutions adapt to stress through changes in mission, organization, teaching, and learning. They detail practices to help educational institutions become more resilient, and analyze markets, competition, and management and financial patterns. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

DAVID W. LESLIE is professor and coordinator of the Higher Education Program at Florida State University. He is a past president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education and a former associate editor of The Review of Higher Education. Leslie is coauthor of The Invisible Faculty (with J.M. Gappa, Jossey-Bass, 1993). E. K. FRETWELL, JR. is Chancellor Emeritus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is a former interim president of the University of Massachussetts system and former president of the State University of New York College at Buffalo.