Public Policy Challenges Facing Higher Education in the American West

Part I. Public Policy Demographic Background

1. A Demographic Profile of Higher Education in the American West
Cheryl D. Blanco

Part II. Seven Regional Public Policy Challenges

2. Assessing College Access and Success in the West
Mikyung Ryu

3. The Federal Government, Research Funding, and Western Higher Education Policy
David A. Longanecker

4. State Policy Leadership in the Public Interest: Is Anyone at Home?
Aims C McGuinness

5. Higher Education Finance Policy in the Western States
Dennis P Jones

6. Public Financing of Higher Education in the Western States: Changing Patterns in State Appropriations and Tuition Revenues
Charles S Lenth, Kathleen J Zaback, Andrew M Carlson, Allison C Bell

7. Technology and Distance Education: Challenges Facing the American West
Sally M Johnstone, J Ritchie Boyd

8. The Growth of Community Colleges in the West: Conditions and Public Policy Challenges
Cheryl D Lovell

9. Afterword Where Do We Go from Here: The Policy Nexus between the West and the Federal Government
David A. Longanecker

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Public Policy, Education Policy, Higher Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Educational Policy and Politics