American higher education in the twenty-first century : social, political, and economic challenges / edited by Philip G. Altbach, Patricia J. Gumport, and Robert O. Berdahl.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011Edition: Third editionDescription: 1 online resource (520 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421400204 (ebook)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: American higher education in the twenty-first century : social, political, and economic challenges.DDC classification:
  • 378.73/0905 22
LOC classification:
  • LA227.4 .A45 2011eb
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Contents:
Patterns of higher education development / Philip G. Altbach -- The ten generations of American higher education / Roger L. Geiger -- Autonomy and accountability: who controls academe? / Frank A. Schmidtlein, Robert O. Berdahl -- Academic freedom: past, present, and future / Robert M. O'Neil -- The federal government and higher education / Michael Mumper ... [et al.] -- The states and higher education / Aims C. McGuinness Jr. -- The legal environment: the implementation of legal change on campus / Michael A. Olivas / Benjamin Baez -- The hidden hand: external constituencies and their impact / Fred F. Harcleroad, Judith S. Eaton -- Harsh realities: the professoriate in the twenty-first century / Philip G. Altbach -- College students in changing contexts / Sara Goldrick-Rab, Marjorie A.E. Cook -- Presidents leading: the dynamics and complexities of campus leadership / Peter D. Eckel, Adrianna Kezar -- Financing higher education: who should pay? / D. Bruce Johnstone -- The digital technologies of learning and research / John Willinsky, Gustavo Fischman, Amy Scott Metcalfe -- Graduate education and research: interdependence and strain / Patricia J. Gumport -- Curriculum in higher education: the organizational dynamics of academic reform / Michael N. Bastedo -- Markets in higher education: trends in academic capitalism / Sheila Slaughter, Gary Rhoades -- The diversity imperative: moving to the next generation / Darryl G. Smith.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Patterns of higher education development / Philip G. Altbach -- The ten generations of American higher education / Roger L. Geiger -- Autonomy and accountability: who controls academe? / Frank A. Schmidtlein, Robert O. Berdahl -- Academic freedom: past, present, and future / Robert M. O'Neil -- The federal government and higher education / Michael Mumper ... [et al.] -- The states and higher education / Aims C. McGuinness Jr. -- The legal environment: the implementation of legal change on campus / Michael A. Olivas / Benjamin Baez -- The hidden hand: external constituencies and their impact / Fred F. Harcleroad, Judith S. Eaton -- Harsh realities: the professoriate in the twenty-first century / Philip G. Altbach -- College students in changing contexts / Sara Goldrick-Rab, Marjorie A.E. Cook -- Presidents leading: the dynamics and complexities of campus leadership / Peter D. Eckel, Adrianna Kezar -- Financing higher education: who should pay? / D. Bruce Johnstone -- The digital technologies of learning and research / John Willinsky, Gustavo Fischman, Amy Scott Metcalfe -- Graduate education and research: interdependence and strain / Patricia J. Gumport -- Curriculum in higher education: the organizational dynamics of academic reform / Michael N. Bastedo -- Markets in higher education: trends in academic capitalism / Sheila Slaughter, Gary Rhoades -- The diversity imperative: moving to the next generation / Darryl G. Smith.

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