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Reading List
- Time: "Hidden College Costs: Rising Fees" By Kate Pickert - Because state legislatures have enacted legislation on increasing tuition and colleges are being underfunded, 'fees' have increased dramatically in the University system.
- Time: "Britain's Universities: Funding Excellence" By Adam Smith - European universities are strapped for cash because of the rise in competitive higher education facilities around the world and the restrictions imposed on them by their governments.
- Time: "Who Needs Harvard?" By Nancy Gibbs - Harvard is not always the best option when looking for the right university. People are learning that there are great schools that may not be brand-name.
- New York Times: "At Public Universities: Less for More", Paul Fain - flagship universities are going broke, slashing classes, increasing class size, and accepting more and more out-of-state students who pay double the tuition.
- Time: "Why the Ivy League Is Rethinking ROTC", By Laura Fitzpatrick - Ivy leagues schools debate whether or not to bring back the ROTC on their campus which was taken away during Vietnam furor.
- Time: "Life After Work: Grandpa Goes to College", By Dan Kadlec - Bringing the baby boomer's back to the University gives it diversity, experience, and more money.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Do Frills Have a Future?", By Jeffrey J. Selingo - Will high priced colleges suffer because of the economy and will they adapt by offering "no-frills" bachelor's degrees?
- The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Hot Academic Jobs of the Future: Try These Fields", By Lee Roberts - Where will there be faculty job growth in the University?
- The Chronicle of Higher Education: "In Search of Efficiency, We Shouldn't Surrender Our Soul to 'University City'", By Ronald R. Thomas - Will we sacrifice our unique American-style education system for efficiency?
- The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Community Colleges, Eager to Prove Their Worth, Develop Voluntary Standards of Performance", By Paul Basken - Community colleges creating standards to prove their financial aid worth by developing new ways to calculate the statistics of their students.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education: "The Faculty of the Future: Leaner, Meaner, More Innovative, Less Secure" - How will the job satisfaction and faculty expectations change over the next 20 years in the University?
- The Chronicle of HIgher Education: "Reassessing the Value of Research Universities", By Robert M. Berdahl - Several U.S. representatives have called for an assessment of the status of research institutions at research based universities.
- Inside Higher Ed: "Out-of-State Dreams", Scott Jaschik - more flagship universities are increasing the amount of out-of-state students enrolled because of budget problems and the state's inability to help.
- Inside Higher Ed: "Insult to Injury", Jack Stripling - New York slashing funds on SUNY which is just one of the many budget problems it's having as well as other Universities around the country.
- The Boston Globe: "UMass to recruit from the outside: 15% enrollment increase sought", By Tracy Jan - UMass-Amherst struggling for funds decided to increase the amount of out-of-state students enrolled, increase fundraising, and add more summer, distance learning, and professional degree programs.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Washington State U. Proposes Slashing Its Course Offerings", Paula Wasley - Washington State University slashes classes to consolidate programs offered which have now become interdisciplinary.
- The Arizona Republic: "ASU to cut programs, limit new students: Poly, West campuses face major downsizing", by William Hermann - Arizona State University making huge cuts in their academic programs offered and reducing faculty because of an 18% reduction in its budget that formerly came from the state.
- Inside Higher Ed: "Top Ph.D. Programs, Shrinking", Scott Jaschik - Top universities in America are cutting back on their PhD programs because of the economy.
- Inside Higher Ed: "What Doomed Global Campus?", Steve Kolowich - University of Illinois Global Campus a complete failure.
- Inside Higher Ed: "Going For Distance", by Steve Kolowich - Survey proves that university faculty see the merit and future in online classes.
- Inside Higher Ed: "Do Professors Matter?", by Peter Katopes - Faculty are beginning to be undervalued in distance learning and physical university campuses.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Kentucky Professor Teaches Distance Course From a Bicycle" - Distance learning professor displays the ease teaching distance learning by biking across country while teaching an online class.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Buzz at Educause 2009 - What are the top IT trends that university leaders are tracking and what their fears are about its future implications (mostly security).
- Social Science Research Network: "The Future of the Research University: Meeting the Global Challenges of the 21st Century" - A collection of papers presented at the 2008 Kauffman-Planck Summit on Entrepreneurship Research and Policy addressing the future of the university.
- Newsweek: Special Report: The New University | The Campus of the Future - To face new challenges, some universities are rethinking how they organize their departments and program structures.
- SOLUTIONSFOROURFUTURE.org: "The World is Catching Up," by Michael Crow - American Universities are not adapting in response to new challenges, and may face increasing competition from new and revamped universities overseas.
- ASU's "New American University - Office of the President" podcast series - A collection of podcasts that pertain to ASU's vision of a university that is "responsible for the economic, social, and cultural vitality of our region."
- The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Disciplines and Undergraduate Education - Teachers should be more willing to teach more broad subjects to undergrads than teach just in their specialized area.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education: Cinema and Media Studies: Snapshot of an 'Emerging' Discipline, Krin Gabbard - Cinema and media studies are becoming their own discipline at the University.
- Newsweek: iPod University, Ginanne Brownell - YouTube, Itunes, etc are marketing academic lectures for free, expanding the educational spectrum across the world.
- Newsweek: Half a Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste: The idea that we must choose between science and humanities is false, Alan Brinkley - Humanities should be considered just as important to our nation's future as science.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education: Wishes for the Discipline's Future, Herbert J. Gans - One author's view on where the study of sociology should be going in the future.
- The State News: Trends show dwindling job market for graduates, Meredith Skrzypczak - Because of the hiring freeze in America, college students are looking for new ways to make them more marketable.
- UANews: President Shelton's State of the University Address - President Shelton of The University of Arizona gives a speech about the future of his university.
- The Chronicle of HIgher Education: Q&A: Why Mark Taylor Wants to Abolish Your Department, David Glenn - University professor wants to abolish departments and tenure.
- The Chronicle of HIgher Education: It Pays to Be Nimble: New Majors at Community Colleges - New majors created at community colleges.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education: 5 College Majors On the Rise, Karin Fischer and David Glenn - Five university majors on the rise.
- The Chonicle of Higher Education: Despite Success of Some Programs, 3-Year Degrees Draw Skepticism at Meeting, David Glenn - Three year degree plans draw criticism.
- The Chronicle of HIgher Education: Professors of the Year Are Celebrated for Innovative Teaching, Simmi Aujla - Professors of the Year and why.
- The Idea and Ideals of the University: A panel session of the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Council of Learned Societies.