Saving Alma Mater

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: A Primer on Public Higher Education Economics

1          Where the Money Comes From

2          Market Forces in Higher Education

3          Why Public Universities Cannot Restrain Costs

4          The University Prime Directive

Part II: The Academic Culture of Freedom and Waste

5          The Faculty Are the University

6          The Cargo Cult College

7          The Blessing and Curse of Shared Governance

8          What Price Shared Governance?

Part III: Renegotiating the Public Compact

9          The Shape of Things to Come

10        Leadership Begins with the Trustees

11        The Role of Governing Boards in the New Era

12        Recruiting Presidential Leadership

13        Reforming the Academic Culture

14        A Proposal for Deregulation of Public Universities

Postscript

Appendix A: The Miami University Tuition Plan

Appendix B: The Impact of Competition on Public University Tuition, Costs, and Revenue

Appendix C: Suggested Readings

Notes