Publisher's Synopsis
Tight budgets, withering public funding sources, tuitionescalating, expanding pressures to do more with less. Facing suchcrises, higher education must creatively seek methods to reducecosts, increase productivity, and recapture the public trust. Thisvolume presents a multi-faceted approach for enhancing productivitythat emphasizes both cost-effectiveness and the importance ofbringing together all segments of the educationaleconomy--institutions, faculty, students, and society--to achievelong-term productivity gains. The contributors demonstrate howproductivity can be increased in key areas throughout theinstitution, including improved administrative processes,restructured curricula, more efficient use of classroom time, andthe effective adaptation of technology.
This is the 103rd issue of the quarterly journal NewDirections for Higher Education.
