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G Higher Education Committee (HEC), 192,
300
GDP, see Gross domestic product Higher Education Compliance Alliance, 21
General Educational Development (GED) Higher education conundrum, 1–30
certification, 53, 176 adjunct professors, 10
G.I. Bill, 2 customer of higher education, 15–18
“GM perspective,” 231, 318 demand–supply relationships, 13
Government regulation, 18–21 government regulation and
Government’s role in higher education, accreditation agencies, 18–21
173–200 parent company, 24
accreditation agencies and potential
employers, 193 professors of practice, 10
driving forces for change, 194 technology, 11
tenure, 21–24
economic growth, 181 third-party payers, 14–15
educational attainment figures, 178 types of faculty, 8–11
federal funding, 187–190 types of institutions, 5–8
funding, 182–190 understanding differences, 11–13
government regulation, resources, and understanding higher education, 4–11
outcomes, 191–196 unwieldy conglomerates, institutions
immediate college enrollment rate, 177 of higher learning as, 24–26
impact on higher education outcomes, Higher Education Pricing and Outcomes
194–195 (HEPO) database, 140
institutional mission, outcomes Higher Learning Commission (HLC), 19
of, 194 High-technology learning materials,
making public colleges and universities creation of, 281–294
tuition-free, 175–179 applying technology to learning
Pell Grants, 173 materials, 283–284
recommendations, 195–197 computer-aided design, 281
regulations and accreditation, 191–193 computer-aided engineering, 281
state and local funding, 183–187 computer-aided manufacturing, 281
student borrowing and repayment creating high-tech lectures, 289–290
plan, 188 driving forces for change, 291–292
subsidies, eliminating or dramatically economics, 284–288
reducing, 179–182 electronic tools, 290
Graduation rates, 54–57 impact on higher education
dropout rates, 54 outcomes, 292
low, 64
not-for-profit universities, 56 life experiences, 290
products, 288–289
public institutions, 56 recommendations, 293
Grants, 114 resistance, 291
Pell, 129, 173, 187–188 status quo, support for, 291
research, 115, 189 Turing Machine, 290
Gross domestic product (GDP), 49
HLC, see Higher Learning Commission
Holding company, 24
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HEPO database, see Higher Education
Pricing and Outcomes database IB courses, see International baccalaureate
Higher Education Act, 2, 33 courses