1、An overview of US higher educationNicholas W.Hillman HEPI Report 1752An overview of US higher educationAbout the authorDr Nicholas Hillman is a Professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madisons School of Education,where he also directs the SSTAR Lab.His research focuses on the intersection of access

2、 and finance,namely in the areas of student financial aid and state higher education finance.His research employs statistical analysis of large datasets and has been published in the fields top academic journals including Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis,American Educational Research Journ

3、al and Education Finance and Policy.Nicks recent book(with Dr Gary Orfield),Accountability and Opportunity in Higher Education:The Civil Rights Dimension,was published by Harvard Education Press.His research has been recognized for excellence by the Association for the Study of Higher Education and

4、the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.He is a faculty affiliate in the Center for Financial Security,La Follette School of Public Affairs and Institute for Research on Poverty.www.hepi.ac.uk3ForewordProfessor Phil Deans,President and Vice Chancellor of Richmond American Un

5、iversity London and Vice President of the Association of American International College and UniversitiesThe United States is the great higher education outlier.The US higher education system is diverse and complex,with a multitude of institutional types,models and funding arrangements,and flexibilit

6、y of both content and delivery.US universities consistently dominate the top 10 and top 100 global university rankings,can attract the best academic and administrative talents,and recruit exceptional students from around the world on to their undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.At the same tim