The Science of Higher Education : State Higher Education Policy and the Laws of Scale.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: Foundations for a Science of Higher Education -- 1 Complex Systems and State Higher Education -- 2 A New Paradigm -- 3 Actor Interactions: Nature and Context -- Part Two: Scale Patterns -- 4 Lessons from Life Sciences and Cities -- 5 Scale and State Higher Education Funding -- 6 Scale and State Policy -- 7 Higher Education Supply -- Part Three: Outcomes and Return on Investment -- 8 Higher Education Outcomes -- 9 Return on Investment: Funding and Outcomes -- 10 Policy Implications -- Appendix A: Glossary of Terms -- Appendix B: 2015 All State Data (Original Units) -- Appendix C: Logarithmic Regression Results (Predictions) -- Appendix D: Population:Funding Scale Results -- Appendix E: Population:Enrollment Scale Results -- Appendix F: Population:Completion Scale Results -- Appendix G: Population:Institutions (Supply) Scale Results -- Appendix H: Funding:Enrollment Scale Results -- Appendix I: Funding:Completion Scale Results -- Appendix J: Statistical Results: All Scale Analysis -- Appendix K: Linear and Scale Ranking Comparisons -- Appendix L: Exponents, Logarithms, and Scale Review -- References -- About the Author -- Index.

Perennial conclusions from state-by-state funding-per-student analyses of underfunding and weak state commitment have become so common that they have diluted the potency of the argument to state policymakers for more higher education funding.

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