{"product_id":"whats-public-about-public-higher-ed-halting-higher-educations-decline-in-the-court-of-public-opinion-9781421442525","title":"What's Public about Public Higher Ed?: Halting Higher Education's Decline in the Court of Public Opinion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThis book explores the current state of relationships between public universities, government leaders, and the citizens who elect them, offering insight into how to repair the growing rift between higher education and its public. It highlights the university-centric viewpoint that has contributed to the disconnect between public universities and the representatives of the people they are supposed to be serving, and suggests that the gulf can only be bridged if people at the universities take the time to listen to what the citizens of their states are asking of them. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 232 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 19 October 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring the current state of relationships between public universities, government leaders, and the citizens who elect them, this book offers insight into how to repair the growing rift between higher education and its public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHigher education gets a bad rap these days. The public perception is that there is a growing rift between public universities and the elected officials who support them. In What's Public about Public Higher Ed? , Stephen M. Gavazzi and E. Gordon Gee explore the reality of that supposed divide, offering qualitative and quantitative evidence of why it's happened and what can be done about it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCritical problems, Gavazzi and Gee argue, have arisen because higher education leaders often assumed that what was good for universities was good for the public at large. For example, many public institutions have placed more emphasis on research at the expense of teaching, learning, and outreach. This university-centric viewpoint has contributed significantly to the disconnect between our nation's public universities and the representatives of the people they are supposed to be serving. But this gulf can only be bridged, the authors insist, if people at the universities take the time to really listen to what the citizens of their states are asking of them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGavazzi and Gee draw on never-before-gathered survey data on public sentiment regarding higher education. Collected from citizens residing in the four most populous states—California, Florida, New York, and Texas—plus Ohio and West Virginia, the authors' home states, this data reflects critical issues, including how universities spend taxpayer money, the pursuit of national rankings, student financial aid, and the interplay of international activities versus efforts to create closer to home impact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn unf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 476g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 229 x 152 x 22 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781421442525\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen M.Gavazzi,E. GordonGee","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44099086549242,"sku":"9781421442525","price":25.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1646158819555_book.jpg?v=1646914145","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/whats-public-about-public-higher-ed-halting-higher-educations-decline-in-the-court-of-public-opinion-9781421442525","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}