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Public Perception and Trends in Higher Education

Chasing the American Dream: Recent College Graduates and the Great Recession
2012 | John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/content/Chasing_American_Dream_Report.pdf


Updated Carnegie Classifications Show Increase in For-Profits, Change in Traditional Landscape
2011 | The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/newsroom/press-releases/updated-carnegie-classifications


Squeeze Play 2010: Continued Public Anxiety on Cost, Harsher Judgments on How Colleges Are Run
2010 | Public Agenda and The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education

http://www.publicagenda.org/files/pdf/SqueezePlay2010report_0.pdf


Education Pays 2010: The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society
2010 | College Board

http://trends.collegeboard.org/files/Education_Pays_2010.pdf


Squeeze Play 2009: The Public?s View on College Costs Today
2009 | Public Agenda and The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education

http://www.highereducation.org/reports/squeeze_play_09/squeeze_play_09.pdf


Top 10 State Policy Issues for Higher Education in 2008
2008 | The American Association of State College and Universities (AASCU)

http://www.aascu.org/policy_matters/pdf/topten2008.pdf


Knocking at the College Door: Projections of High School Graduates by State and Race/Ethnicity
2008 | WICHE

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Partnerships for Public Purposes: Engaging Higher Education in Societal Challenges of the 21st Century
2008 | National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education

http://www.highereducation.org/reports/wegner/wegner.pdf


Second to None in Attainment, Discovery, and Innovation: The National Agenda for Higher Education
2008 | The State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO)

http://www.sheeo.org/federal/SHEEO%20Presidential%20White%20Paper%2008%20v%202.pdf


Squeeze Play: How Parents and the Public Look at Higher Education Today
2007 | National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education

http://www.highereducation.org/reports/squeeze_play/squeeze_play.pdf


College and University Ranking Systems: Global Perspectives and American Challenges
2007 | Institute for Higher Education Policy

http://www.ihep.org/Pubs/PDF/College_and_University_Ranking_Systems_Final_Report.pdf


America's Perfect Storm: Three Forces Changing our Nation's Future
2007 | Educational Testing Service's (ETS)

http://www.ets.org/Media/Education_Topics/pdf/AmericasPerfectStorm.pdf


The New Interest in Charter Universities and State Performance Contracts
2006 | The Association of Governing Board

http://www.centerforgovernance.net/pages/documents/charters.pdf


Correcting Course: How We Can Restore the Ideals of Public Higher Education in a Market - Driven Era
2005 | Futures Project

http://www.futuresproject.org/publications/Correcting_Course.pdf


Bridging Troubled Waters: Competition, Cooperation, and the Public Good in Independent and Public Higher Education
2005 | American Council on Education (ACE)

http://www.acenet.edu/bookstore/pdf/2005_BridgingWaters.pdf


Cracks in the Education Pipeline: A Business Leader's Guide to Higher Education Reform
2005 | Committee for Economic Development

http://www.highereducation.org/reports/ced/ced.pdf


Ten Public Policy Issues For Higher Education in 2005 - 2006
2005 | The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB)

http://www.agb.org/content/explore/topten.pdf


Peering Around the Bend: The Leadership Challenges of Privatization, Accountability, and Market - based State Policy
2005 | American Council on Education and the Futures Project: Policy for Higher Education in a Changing World

http://www.acenet.edu/bookstore/pubInfo.cfm?pubID=347


Life After High School: Young People Talk About Their Hopes and Prospects
2005 | Public Agenda

http://www.publicagenda.org/research/research_reports_details.cfm?list=31


Public Attitudes on Higher Education: A Trend Analysis, 1993 to 2003
2004 | Public Agenda for the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education

http://www.highereducation.org/reports/pubatt/


WICHE Policy Insights 2002 Legislative and Board Overview
2003 | Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)

info/publications/PI-Overview2002.pdf


Issue Priorities and Trends in State Higher Education
2003 | The State Higher Education Executive Officers

http://www.sheeo.org/govern/priorities-2003-report.pdf


1999 Legislative Overview (Part 1)
1999 | WICHE Policy Insights, Cheryl Blanco

Policy/PolicyInsights/2000LegislativeOverview/Part1.pdf


Policy in Transition: Working Toward Systemic change in Higher Education in the West
1999 | WICHE, Policy and Information Unit

info/publications/WPE-policyInTransitionWorkingTowardSystemicChange.pdf


State Roundtable Case Studies: Idaho and South Dakota
1999 | WICHE, Policy and Information paper, Dr. Louis C. Bender

info/publications/WPE-benderpaper.pdf


Systemic Change: Where Does Higher Education Stand?
1996 | WICHE Western Policy Exchange

info/publications/wpeHTML/wpexch.htm