Higher Education in the American West, 1818 to the Present

HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE AMERICAN WEST: REGIONAL HISTORY AND STATE CONTEXTS<BR>Editors' Preface<BR>Introduction; Lester F. Goodchild, Richard W. Jonsen, Patty Limerick, and David A. Longanecker<BR>PART I: REGIONAL HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE VIEWS<BR>1. Western College Expansion: Churches and Evangelization, States and Boosterism, 1818-1945; Lester F. Goodchild and David M. Wrobel <BR>2. The Evolution of Institutions in the Westward Expansion; Arthur M. Cohen <BR>3. Forty-Five Years in the Academic Saddle: The American West, Higher Education, and the Invitation to Innovation; Patty Limerick<BR>PART II: STATE DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES AND FEDERAL INFLUENCES, 1945-2013<BR>4. Middle Border Region: Higher Education in Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming; Jason E. Lane and Francis J. Kerins, Sr.<BR>5. History of Higher Education in the Southwest since World War II: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah; William E. 'Bud' Davis <BR>6. Higher Education in the Pacific West: Developments in Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, and Alaska; William E. 'Bud' Davis, Lester F. Goodchild, and David A. Tandberg <BR>7. Higher Education in California: Rise and Fall; Patrick M. Callan <BR>8. The Federal Government and Western Higher Education; David A. Longanecker<BR>PART III: A CONCLUDING COMMENTARY<BR>9. Afterword Understanding the First Regional History of American Higher Education: The Spirit of Innovation; Lester F. Goodchild
<br><BR>PUBLIC POLICY CHALLENGES FACING HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE AMERICAN WEST<BR>Editors' Preface<BR>Introduction; Lester F. Goodchild, Richard W. Jonsen, Patty Limerick, and David A. Longanecker<BR>PART I: PUBLIC POLICY DEMOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND<BR>1. A Demographic Profile of Higher Education in the American West; Cheryl D. Blanco<BR>PART II: SEVEN REGIONAL PUBLIC POLICY CHALLENGES<BR>2. Assessing College Access and Success in the West; Mikyung Ryu<BR>3. The Federal Government, Research Funding, and Western Higher Education Policy; David A. Longanecker<BR>4. State Policy Leadership in the Public Interest: Is Anyone at Home?; Aims C. McGuiness, Jr.<BR>5. Higher Education Finance Policy in the Western States; Dennis P. Jones <BR>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, and Allison C. Bell<BR>7. Technology and Distance Education: Challenges Facing the American West; Sally M. Johnstone and J. Ritchie Boyd<BR>8. The Growth of Community Colleges in the West: Conditions and Public Policy Challenges; Cheryl D. Lovell<BR>PART III: A CONCLUDING COMMENTARY<BR>9. Afterword: Where Do We Go From Here: The Policy Nexus between the West and the Federal Government; David A. Longanecker<BR>