The Challenges And Opportunities Facing Higher Education

An Agenda for Policy Research

By

Dennis Jones

Peter Ewell

Aims McGuinness

December 1998

The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education

CONTENTS
	FOREWORD
	INTRODUCTION
	CONTEXT
		1. Individuals
		2. Employers
		3. Society
	THE POLICY STRUCTURE
		Tool 1 - Mission and Program Approval
		Tool 2 - Governance
		Tool 3 - Regulation
		Tool 4 - Financing and Resource Allocation
		Tool 5 - Quality Assurance
		Tool 6 - Reporting Requirements
		Tool 7 - Setting Public Priorities
		The Larger Need: Policy Leadership
	AN AGENDA FOR THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY AND HIGHER EDUCATION
		1. New Ideas and Conceptual Structures
		2. Formulating a Public Agenda
		3. Experience and Action Research
		4. "Good Practice" in the Design and Use of Policy Tools
		5. Commentary on the Inevitable Fads
	CONCLUSION
	ABOUT THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY AND HIGHER EDUCATION