American Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century: Social, Political, And Economic Challenges

Synopsis

Largely critical of recent attacks on the state of American higher education coming from advocates of privatization, reinventing government, total quality improvement, and so on, the eighteen contributions in this collection are presented by Altbach (higher education, Boston College), Berdahl (emeritus, higher education, U. of Maryland at College Park), and Gumport (education, Stanford U.) as an attempt to situate American higher education in broad social context in order to evaluate the legitimacy of the arguments of its critics. Papers explore the roles of external constituencies such as the federal government, state governments, the courts, and nongovernmental entities; as well as internal constituencies such as the faculty, the students, and administration. Others examine particular issues, including autonomy and accountability, academic freedom, finance, technology, graduate education, the curriculum, race, and the commercialization of higher education. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Copyright:

2005

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

558 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780801880346

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press

Date of Addition:

11/30/10

Copyrighted By:

Johns Hopkins University Press

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Textbooks, Education

Grade Levels:

College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior

Submitted By:

Texas A&M University

Proofread By:

Texas A&M University

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.