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An exploration of multi-campus higher education systems and their role in improving communities and their economies.

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Author:   Jason E. Lane ,  D. Bruce Johnstone
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9781438449777

ISBN 10:   1438449771
Pages:   335
Publication Date:   01 October 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Part I. The History and Definition of Systemness 1. Higher Education System 3.0: Adding Value to States and Institutions Jason E. Lane 2. Systemness: Unpacking the Value of Higher Education Systems Nancy L. Zimpher 3. The History and Evolution of Higher Education Systems in the United States Aims C. McGuinness Jr. Part II. Challenges to System Innovation: Unpacking the Tensions 4. Higher Educational Autonomy and the Apportionment of Authority among State Governments, Public Multi-Campus Systems, and Member Colleges and Universities D. Bruce Johnstone 5. The Changing Role of Higher Education Systems in Finance Jane V. Wellman 6. Reorganizing Higher Education Systems: By Drift or Design? Katharine C. Lyall 7. Board Governance of Public University Systems: Balancing Institutional Independence and System Coordination C. Judson King 8. Systems, Ecosystems, and Change in State-Level Public Higher Education Mario Martinez and Brandy Smith 9. Serving Public Purposes: Challenges for Systems in Changing State Context Aims C. McGuinness Jr. Part III. Emerging Roles for Systems 10. The Changing Role of Systems in Academic Affairs Jan M. Ignash 11. Workforce Development at Community Colleges: Can Systems Make a Difference? David F. Shaffer 12. The Systemness of Internationalization Strategies: How Higher Education Systems Are Aiding Institutions with Globalization Jason E. Lane 13. Higher Education Systems in an Era of Public Engagement: An Organizational Learning Perspective David J. Weerts Contributors Index

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...an important contribution to the field of higher education. - Teachers College Record

Author Information

Jason E. Lane is Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Programs and Planning and Associate Provost for Graduate Education and Research at the State University of New York, Deputy Director of the Rockefeller Institute of Government, and Associate Professor of Educational Policy at the University at Albany, State University of New York. D. Bruce Johnstone is Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Higher and Comparative Education at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, and former Chancellor of the State University of New York. They are the coeditors of Universities and Colleges as Economic Drivers: Measuring Higher Education's Role in Economic Development, also published by SUNY Press.

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