{"subtitle": "Making the Hard Decisions to Eliminate Academic Programs (Studies in Higher Education)", "weight": "1 pounds", "latest_revision": 2, "id": 12560976, "first_sentence": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "For most American colleges and universities, the pendulum has swung from the heyday of growth, prosperity, and public favor to a time marked by increased competition, globalization, decreased public funding, and heightened calls for accountability-all of which means that higher education can no longer follow well-worn paths of operating seeking growth and expansion with little regard to outside demands."}, "source_records": ["amazon:0313322252:2-aa:720579253:197154", "marc:marc_loc_updates/v36.i09.records.utf8:5399289:953"], "title": "Changing Course", "languages": [{"key": "/l/eng"}], "subjects": ["Administration - General", "Higher", "Education / Curricula", "Organizations & Institutions", "Education / Teaching", "Curricula", "Curriculum change", "Curriculum planning", "Education, Higher", "United States", "Education"], "type": {"key": "/type/edition"}, "physical_dimensions": "9.3 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches", "revision": 2, "publishers": ["Praeger Publishers"], "physical_format": "Hardcover", "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-04-27T18:06:51.714592"}, "key": "/b/OL9308235M", "authors": [{"key": "/a/OL3232689A"}], "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-30T09:38:13.731961"}, "number_of_pages": 216, "isbn_13": ["9780313322259"], "isbn_10": ["0313322252"], "publish_date": "September 30, 2003"}