Includes bibliographical references and index.
On the foundations of standardized assessment of college outcomes and estimating value added / by Jeffrey Steedle -- Faculty scholarly productivity at American research universities / by Lawrence Martin -- Student unit record systems and postsecondary accountability: exploiting emerging data resources / by Peter Ewell -- Higher education finance and accountability / by Bridget Terry-Long -- Death of a university / by Kevin Carey -- What's governance got to do with it? / by Anne Neal, Erin O'Connor, Maurice Black -- How college rankings are going global (and why their spread will be good for higher education) / by Ben Wildavsky -- The politics of higher education / by Mark Schneider -- Accountability for community colleges: moving forward / by Sara Goldrick-Rab -- Scaling back tenure: how claims of academic freedom limit accountability in higher education / by Naomi Riley -- Policy barriers to post-secondary cost control / by Burck Smith.
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