Reinventing the University: Managing and Financing Institutions of Higher Education 1996

Innovative approaches to managing the business of education

Following in the footsteps of its predecessor, Reinventing the University 1996 provides creative real-world insights and strategies to solve the major challenges facing colleges and universities. Editors Sandra Johnson and Jillinda Kidwell of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. have organized a cadre of the most inventive and daring leaders in higher education administration today. These authors describe how leading institutions and educators are creating innovative strategies to improve quality, reduce costs, and increase affordability. These authors also examine specific ideas and methods that are changing the way universities do business, including:

• Shifting the balance between teaching and research to leverage professors' most valuable asset — time
• Using reasonably priced technology to provide cutting-edge education to students both on and off campus
• Partnering with outside vendors — three case studies highlight universities' unconventional approaches to outsourcing
• Creating new vistas of opportunity through partnering with industry
• Balancing tuition revenue and student aid to reach the right combination of accessibility and affordability
• Adopting best practices in computing from universities as well as from the corporate sector

A powerful and convincing analysis of the most pressing problems in higher education, this book is both a collection of ground-breaking articles on the latest, best practices in education and a timely update to the original volume, Reinventing the University.

Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. is a nationally recognized advisor to higher education institutions. Since 1902, Coopers & Lybrand has been privileged to assist hundreds of institutions in addressing issues involving revenues, assets, costs, operations, and strategies. Coopers & Lybrand serves a full range of higher education institutions, from small, specialized colleges to the largest public and private institutions. The Firm audits and advises six of the eight Ivy League institutions, seven of the top ten research universities, almost half of the private colleges and universities with endowments over $200 million, and leading public colleges and universities throughout the country.