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Summary
Summary
This volume, part of the TIAA-CREF Institute Series on Higher Education, is based on a national conference, The New Balancing Act in the Business of Higher Education , which was convened by the TIAA-CREF Institute in November 2005.
Managing institutions of higher education has always been a balancing act as campus leaders address business issues while staying true to their institutions' academic missions. What makes it increasingly challenging are emerging internal and external factors - including changes in federal and state funding levels, rapidly evolving demographics on campuses and in the workforce, and higher expectations and changing demands from a wide and diverse group of stakeholders.
In this volume, higher education leaders explore the challenges facing colleges and universities operating in today's environment with constrained budgets and discuss a variety of strategies and solutions being employed to help ensure the ongoing vitality of America's colleges and universities.
Author Notes
Edited by Robert L. Clark, Professor of Economics and Professor of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, North Carolina State University, US and Madeleine d'Ambrosio, Vice President, TIAA-CREF Institute, US
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Choice Review
Over the last decade, increasing competition from foreign universities, coupled with double-digit increases in tuition and fees at American universities, have focused international attention on the business side of higher education. Unfortunately, research in this nascent field has not expanded concomitantly; as a result the TIAA-CREF Institute hosted a conference on the issue in late 2005, and has now produced an edited volume of fifteen conference papers. These include analyses of major national trends affecting higher education, as well as a series of case studies focusing on how some institutions have walked the financial tightrope and effectively balanced their many challenges. Although the writing throughout the compilation is quite uneven, the stature of the authors, who include prominent university presidents and chancellors as well as leading researchers on the business of higher education, makes this a worthwhile read. Not to be missed are the chapters on how three Virginia universities are redefining what it means to be a public university, and an interesting and provocative look at the looming financial crisis in higher education and how it can best be addressed. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Faculty and practitioners. F. Galloway University of San Diego
