January 9, 2009

It's Time to Improve Academic, Not Just Administrative, Productivity

By WILLIAM F. MASSY

Events since September leave no doubt that the American economy is in the midst of a major restructuring. While the consequences are not yet fully apparent, two powerful implications for higher education have become clear.

First, because solutions to the nation's problems will require a highly educated work force, the demands on colleges can only increase. Second, because of the financial meltdown, colleges will have to meet those demands in an environment characterized by constrained

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