Administrators, trustees, and legislators are experimenting with increased autonomy and less state regulation at public institutions. By instituting a free-market approach, state officials and higher education administrators hope to achieve increased productivity, lower costs, and improved teaching and research. This thorough and thoughtful examination of public institution deregulation examines its effects on higher education and offers a valuable, behind-the-scenes look at the experiences and results of deregulation already taking place in some states. The contributors?a well-known group of scholars and practitioners?offer valuable insights, recommAndations, and suggestions for successfully pursuing deregulation.

Contents

Part One: The Case for Deregulating Public Colleges and Universities

1. Why the Time is Ripe for Restructuring

Terrence J. MacTaggart

2. Technology, Competition, and Control in Higher Education

James R. Mingle, Rhoda Martin Epper

3. Helping Public Institutions Act Like Private Ones

Kenneth A. Shaw

Part Two: Case Examples of Deregulation in Action

4. Balancing Self-Interests and Accountability: St.. Mary's College of Maryland

Robert O. Berdahl

5. Defining the Scope and Limits of Autonomy: New Jersey

Daryl G. Greer

Part Three: Making Deregulation Work

6. State Policy for a Time of Adaptive Change

Patrick M. Callan, Kathy Reeves Bracco, Richard C. Richardson, Jr.

7. Rethinking the Criteria for Trusteeship

Richard T. Ingram

8. Learning from a Tradition of IndepAndence: Michigan

Marvin W. Peterson, Michael K. McLAndon

9. Implementing IndepAndence: Benefits and Obligations

Terrence J. MacTaggart

Terrence J. MacTaggart is the chancellor of the University of Maine System. Formerly, he was the chancellor of the Minnesota State University system.