The links and downloads below are readings, articles, reports and other documents referenced by President Judith Bense.

New Normal Readings

• The Future That is Already Here
• Seeing things as they really are, Forbes.com
• The Future of Higher Education: New Roles for the 21st-Century University (PDF)
• The World is Flat: Implications for Higher Education Planners and Leaders (PDF)
• A "New Normal" for Higher Education in the 21st Century
• If Higher Education Listened to Me... (PDF)
• Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants (PDF)
• Introducing a Transformative Model to Your Campus (PDF)
• Preparing for the New Normal (PDF)
• Disrupting College: How Disruptive Innovation Can Deliver Quality and Affordability to Postsecondary Education (PDF)

Strategic Finance Readings

• The Changing State of State Funding (PDF)
• Implementing the Strategic Plan (PDF)
• Trends in College Spending (PDF)
• College Pricing (PDF)

Measuring Academic Quality Readings

• Making Metrics Matter (PDF)
• New Ways to Measure Student Learning (PDF)

Reports

• Planning and Budgeting Team Report (PDF)
• Proposal of the Adult Learner Task Force (PDF)
• Emerald Coast Study (PDF)

Chronicle Articles

• College Dropouts (PDF)
• Higher Education Price Index (PDF)

Higher Education Professional Organization Readings

• Mental Health Needs Seen Growing at Colleges, The New York Times

Texts

• Arum, Richard and Josipa Roksa. Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011. Print.
  
  
• Bonk, Curtis J. The World is Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2009. Print.
  
  
• Chistensen, Clayton, Michael Horn, and Curtis Johnson. Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Books, 2008. Print.
  
  
• Collins, Jim. Good to Great. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2001. Print.
  
  
• Dickenson, Robert C. Prioritizing Academic Programs and Services: Reallocating Resources to Achieve Strategic Balance. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2010. Print.
  
  
• Goldstein, Larry. College & University Budgeting: An Introduction for Faculty and Academic Administrators. Washington, D.C.: National Association of College and University Business Officers, 2005. Print.
  
  
• Henderson, Bruce B. Teaching at the People's University: An Introduction to the State Comprehensive University. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2007. Print.
  
  
• Kotter, John. A Sense of Urgency. Boston: Harvard Business Press, 2008. Print.
  
  
• Kuh, George, et al. Student Success in College: Creating Conditions That Matter. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2005. Print.

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