Leslie and Fretwell have produced as good a book as I have seen in the timely field of higher education's response to it pervasive long-range financial dilemmas. --D. Bruce Johnstone, university professor and former chancellor, State University of New York "Leslie and Fretwell have produced as good a book as I have seen in the timely field of higher education's response to its pervasive long-range financial dilemmas. They bring together the message of urgency and the call for tough decisions with the wisdom of opportunism, incrementalism, and an appreciation of the uniqueness of the academy. Their strategic advice--applicable to a very wide range of institutions and based on a good and diverse set of real experiences--avoids the sometimes patronizing naivete that management 'experts' so often bring to the table." --D. Bruce Johnstone, university professor and former chancellor, State University of New York "Leslie and Fretwell have produced as good a book as I have seen in the timely field of higher education's response to its pervasive long-range financial dilemmas. They bring together the message of urgency and the call for tough decisions with the wisdom of opportunism, incrementalism, and an appreciation of the uniqueness of the academy. Their strategic advice--applicable to a very wide range of institutions and based on a good and diverse set of real experiences--avoids the sometimes patronizing naivete that management 'experts' so often bring to the table." --D. Bruce Johnstone, university professor and former chancellor, State University of New York DAVID W. LESLIE is professor and coordinator of the Higher Education Program at Florida State University. He is a past president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education and a former associate editor of The Review of Higher Education. Leslie is coauthor of The Invisible Faculty (with J.M. Gappa, Jossey-Bass, 1993). E. K. FRETWELL, JR. is Chancellor Emeritus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is a former interim president of the University of Massachussetts system and former president of the State University of New York College at Buffalo.