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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

The Future of Public Higher Education? | Inside Higher Ed

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The Future of Public Higher Education?
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Blog: StratEDgy

I’m returning from the AACSB conference in San Diego and had the opportunity to attend several interesting sessions.  One, in particular, stood out and echoed some of the “What Keeps Us Awake At Night” post from last week (and much of what we’ve been discussing in the Strategy and Competition in Higher Education class this semester).
The session, run by Andrew PolicanoGary Fethke and Susan Hart (from UC Irvine, University of Iowa, and University of Strathclyde, respectively), was nominally about public universities and the new funding paradigm, but since the majority of US students are educated in public colleges and universities, this has implications for