Readings
Thompson, J. J. (1997, March 10) Law: Job Prospects are slowly beginning to improve. U.S. News & World Report, 71-75
Gest, Ted (1997, March 10) The Law Rankings: Top Schools U.S. News & World Report, 76-78
Lord, Mary (1997, March 10) Business: After a slowdown in the early '90s, demand for M.B.A.'s is soaring. U.S. News & World Report, 80-81
Lord, Mary (1997, March 10) The Business Rankings: Top Schools. U.S. News & World Report, 82-83
Brink, Susan (1997, March 10) Medicine: Innovative programs prepare students for managed care. U.S. News & World Report, 84-85
Koerner, Brendan I. (1997, March 10) The Medical Rankings: Top Schools. U.S. News & World Report, 86-87
Health Disciplines: The top schools in the U.S. News surveys. (1997, March 10) U.S. News & World Report, 88
Wu, Corinna (1997, March 10) Engineering: The
trick for students is figuring out what specialties will be
hot. U.S. News & World Report, 93
Koerner, Brendan I. (1997, March 10) The Engineering Rankings:
Top Schools. U.S. News & World Report, 94-95
Matzke, Martha (1997, March 10) Education: Curricula are getting a makeover as the market for teachers expands. U.S. News & World Report, 96-97
Koerner, Brendan I. (1997, March 10) The Education
Rankings: Top Schools. U.S. News & World Report, 98-99
Koerner, Brendan I. (1997, March 10) The Arts: A boom in
creative writing. U.S. News & WorldReport, 100-102
Tierney, WG. (Ed.). (1999). The Responsive University: Restructuring for High Performance. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press.
Dickeson, RC. (1999). Prioritizing Academic Programs and Services: Reallocating Resources to Achieve Strategic Balance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Leslie, DW., & Fretwell Jr, EK. (1996). Wise Moves in Hard Times: Creating and Managing Resilient Colleges and Universities. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Brewer, DJ., Gates, SM., & Goldman, CA. (2002). In Pursuit of Prestige: Strategy and Competition in U.S. Higher Education. Piscataway: Transaction Publishers for the Rand Corp.
Hirsch, WZ., & Weber, LE. (1999). Challenges Facing Higher Education at the Millennium. Phoenix: The American Council on Education, and the Oryx Press.
Rhodes, Frank H.T. (2001). The Creation of the Future: The Role of the American University. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
Birnbaum, R. (2000). Management Fads in Higher Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Stinger, WL., Cunningham, AF. (1999). Cost,
Price and Public Policy: Peering into the Higher Education Black
Box. The Institute for Higher Education. USA Group Foundation
– New Agenda Series, Vol 1(3).
Evaluating University Research Productivity:
What's the ROI ... And Who Cares? (PDF)
By R. W. Trewyn
Graduate Education and Research in the Year 2000:
Fashioning Horizontal Flexibility in a Vertical World (PDF)
By
R. W. Trewyn
Report to the Committee of the University Distinguished
Professors Group gathering data on Indicators of Program Quality
in Land Grant Universities
Full Report
(PDF)
PowerPoint Presentation (Click
here if you do not have PowerPoint and wish to download a viewer)
By Peter Sherwood
Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and Land-Grant Universities
The Future of the University:
Reasonable Predictions, Hoped-For Reforms, or Technological
Possibilities?
By D. Bruce Johnstone
The Center at
the University of Florida