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Public Higher Education Performance in the United States

A Community Perspective

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A balanced assessment of the performance of public higher education is appropriately undertaken within the context of community interests served. Public higher education in the United States is not a system. It is a composite of institutions that evolved over time with distinctive missions, purposes, and constituents. Some elite public research universities are recognized worldwide for their contributions to knowledge over a broad range of academic disciplines.

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  1. University of Pittsburgh, USA

    W. James Jacob

  2. University of Pittsburgh, USA

    Stewart E. Sutin

  3. University of Pittsburgh, USA

    John C. Weidman

  4. University of Pittsburgh, USA

    John L. Yeager

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Sutin, S.E., Bethea, K. (2015). Public Higher Education Performance in the United States. In: Jacob, W.J., Sutin, S.E., Weidman, J.C., Yeager, J.L. (eds) Community Engagement in Higher Education. Pittsburgh Studies In Comparative and International Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-007-9_8

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