Coming to Grips with Higher Education

The American university faces many challenges. It has become too costly and inefficient. It fails too many students. It spends too much time and money on matters that should not be its priorities. It clings to policies and practices that need to go away. And it is too disconnected from the students and communities it must serve.

This book proposes several changes to standard policies in our colleges and universities that will sharpen their missions, redirect funding to the highest priorities...