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Mission and money understanding the university / by Weisbrod, Burton Allen, 1931-

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Making money matter financing America's schools /

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Quality education for less money / by Meeth, L. Richard

Money, mandates, and local control in American public education by Shelly, Bryan

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The end of the rainbow : how educating for happiness (not money) would transform our schools / by Engel, Susan L., 1959-

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The great university gamble money, markets and the future of higher education / by McGettigan, Andrew

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Financing college how much you'll really have to pay, and how to get the money /

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The first year out understanding American teens after high school / by Clydesdale, Timothy T. (Timothy Thomas), 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction: an unexpected journey -- Four teens -- Starting points -- Navigating relationships, managing gratifications -- Working for money, spending for fun -- Cognitively sharper, intellectually immune -- Narrowed perspectives, broader implications -- Methodological appendix -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.…”
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Confessions of a community college administrator by Reed, Matthew

Table of Contents: “…The community college landscape -- Funding: where the money comes from, where it goes, and why there's never enough -- Community college administration: who does what -- Herding cats: managing creative people -- Other challenges of the dean's job -- Saving community colleges: a few modest proposals -- Conclusion: questions of sustainability.…”
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Why public higher education should be free : how to decrease costs and increase quality at American universities / by Samuels, Robert, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Why tuition goes up and quality goes down -- Where the money goes in research universities -- Shortchanging undergraduate instruction -- The role of faculty and graduate students -- The rise of the administrative class -- The university as hedge fund -- The high cost of research -- Technology to the rescue? …”
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Financing schools and educational programs policy, politics, and practice / by Ramirez, Al, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Dimensions of education finance -- Historical perspectives on school finance -- Money and learning -- School finance and the courts -- Equity and adequacy in education finance -- State school finance systems -- Alternative funding systems -- Federal funding for education -- Employee compensation -- Revenue for schools -- Understanding budgets -- School facilities -- Grant funding -- Future trends in school finance.…”
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Saving alma mater a rescue plan for America's public universities / by Garland, James C., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Where the money comes from -- Market forces in higher education -- Why public universities cannot restrain costs -- The university prime directive -- The faculty are the university -- The cargo cult college -- The blessing and curse of shared governance -- What price shared governance? …”
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Wasting minds why our education system is failing and what we can do about it / by Wolk, Ronald A.

Table of Contents: “…The "get tough" policy -- All standards for all students -- If it moves, test it -- Make them take algebra -- Wanted : great teachers -- The quest for the supreme leader -- The dropout epidemic -- Time for what? -- Never enough money -- Needed : a new strategy of new schools -- One student at a time -- Many pathways to success -- Life to text -- It's the work that counts -- Start them early -- A new role for teachers -- A matter of choice -- Schools for digital natives.…”
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The hardest deal of all the battle over school integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980 / by Bolton, Charles C.

Table of Contents: “…Too many schools, too little money : Mississippi's dual education system, 1870-1940 -- A last gasp to maintain a segregated system : Mississippi's failed effort to make separate education truly equal -- Years of nothing but deliberate speed : the aftermath of Brown in Mississippi -- The crack in the wall : school desegregation begins -- Freedom of choice for whites : massive resistance by another name -- Freedom of choice for blacks : "very little choice and no freedom at all" -- School integration : we do not want our children going to school with yours -- School integration : a pyrrhic victory?…”
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Change Management in TVET Colleges : Lessons Learnt from the Field of Practice /

Table of Contents: “…Unfinished business : managing the transformation of further education and training colleges / Anthony Gewer -- 3. Throwing good money after bad : barriers South African vocational teachers experience in becoming competent educators / Ronel Blom -- 4. …”
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Change Management in TVET Colleges : Lessons Learnt from the Field of Practice /

Table of Contents: “…Unfinished business : managing the transformation of further education and training colleges / Anthony Gewer -- 3. Throwing good money after bad : barriers South African vocational teachers experience in becoming competent educators / Ronel Blom -- 4. …”
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Emerging evidence on vouchers and faith-based providers

Table of Contents: “…Ortega -- Literacy and numeracy in faith-based and government schools in Sierra Leone / Quentin Wodon and Yvonne Ying -- Comparing faith-based and government schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Prospere Backiny-Yetna and Quentin Wodon -- Student achievement in religious and secular secondary schools in Bangladesh / Mohammad Niaz Asadullah, Nazmul Chaudhury and Amit Dar -- Does money matter?: the effect of private educational expenditures on academic performance / Changhui Kang -- Comparing the cost of public, religious, and private schooling in Cameroon / Prospere Backiny-Yetna and Quentin Wodon.…”
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The view from the helm leading the American university during an era of change / by Duderstadt, James J., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…-- Presidential leadership -- Presidential leadership -- The elements of presidential leadership -- Several unique aspects of university leadership -- The many styles and philosophies of presidential leadership -- Adapting leadership styles to the times and the institution -- A matter of personal style -- Movers and shakers, pushers and coasters: the impact of the presidency -- Leadership for a time of change -- Executive leadership -- The executive officer team -- Go downtown and get the money -- Bricks and mortar -- Crisis management -- The challenges of executive leadership -- Academic leadership -- The academic clockwork -- Academic leadership -- Faculty quality -- Selection and recruitment of academic leadership -- Tinkering with time bombs -- The challenges to academic leadership by the president -- Political leadership -- Growing up in a rough neighborhood -- Defending the university -- The loyal (and sometimes not so loyal) opposition -- The president and the governing board -- The broader political agenda of the university and the university presidency -- The hazards of political leadership -- Moral leadership -- The challenges to moral leadership -- Social diversity and academic excellence -- Student affairs -- Institutional integrity -- The bully pulpit -- Pastoral care -- Personal traits and traps -- Strategic leadership -- The approach -- The action plan -- Lessons learned and the growing concern -- Institutional transformation -- Experiments and ventures -- More lessons learned: the challenges of transformation -- The university president: an endangered species? …”
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Adoption and impact of OER in the Global South /

Table of Contents: “…Sub-Saharan Africa -- 7. Tracking the money for open educational resources in South African basic education : what we don't know -- 8. …”
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Adoption and impact of OER in the Global South /

Table of Contents: “…Sub-Saharan Africa -- 7. Tracking the money for open educational resources in South African basic education : what we don't know -- 8. …”
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