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For an intriguing analysis of the development of the American university, see David M. Ricci, The Tragedy of Political Science (1984). Clark Kerr described "multiversities" in The Uses of the University (1966). The term "cold war" university was used by Lynn Berk, a Florida International University professor who participated in a February 1996 conference on The Future of the University. The conference, sponsored by the Boca Raton Faculty Senate of Florida Atlantic University, was held in Boca Raton, Florida.
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The report, The Emerging Catastrophe: And How to Prevent It, was issued by the Business/Higher Education Partnership (Tampa, Florida) in Fall 1995 and became a very influential action plan for some of the most important players in the higher education issues network: legislators interested in higher education, the Board of Regents and the Florida Secretary of Education, and interest groups representing the business community.
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The enrollment figures are for the University of South Florida, Florida International University, University of Central Florida, and Florida Atlantic University, respectively. Growth is the highest priority for university administrators because Florida state legislators, worried about comparative data showing Florida ranks low in the number of collegeage residents with college degrees, stress increased access to higher education. University budgets include money for increased freshmen enrollment and threaten to take the money back if the quota is not met. Since the legislature does not complete the budget until early summer, after the high school recruitment season, Florida Atlantic University was forced to open its doors and beat the bushes for freshmen to meet its quota. The result is declining standards and stress on quality. FAU administrators also responded to the emphasis upon enrollment by issuing an order that class sizes be determined by classroom sizes.
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