| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
vii, 558 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Contexts of American higher education / Robert O. Berdahl ... [et al.] -- PART ONE. THE SETTING -- Patterns in higher education development / Philip G. Altbach -- 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 beyond September 11 / Robert M. O'Neil -- Challenges facing higher education in the twenty-first century / Amy Zusman -- PART TWO. EXTERNAL FORCES -- Federal government and higher education / Lawrence E. Gladieux ... [et al.] -- States and higher education / Aims C. McGuinness, Jr. -- Legal environment: the implementation of legal change on campus / Michael A. Olivas -- Hidden hand: external constituencies and their impact / Fred F. Harcleroad, Judith S. Eaton -- PART THREE. THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY -- Harsh realities: the professoriate faces a new century / Philip G. Altbach -- College students in changing contexts / Eric L. Dey, Sylvia Hurtado -- Dilemma of presidential leadership / Robert Birnbaum, Peter D. Eckel -- PART FOUR. CENTRAL ISSUES FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- Financing higher education: who should pay? / D. Bruce Johnstone -- Technology and higher education: opportunities and challenges for the new era / Patricia J. Gumport, Marc Chun -- Graduate education and research: interdependence and strain / Patricia J. Gumport -- Curriculum in higher education: the historical roots of contemporary issues / Michael N. Bastedo -- Markets in higher education: students in the seventies, patents in the eighties, copyrights in the nineties / Sheila Slaughter, Gary Rhoades -- Race in higher education: making meaning of an elusive moving target / Mitchell J. Chang ... [et al.] |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives. |
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United States. |
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Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Education, Higher -- Social aspects. |
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Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Education, Higher -- Political aspects. |
| Added Author |
Altbach, Philip G.
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Berdahl, Robert O., 1926-
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Gumport, Patricia J.
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| ISBN |
0801880343 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780801880346 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0801880351 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780801880353 paperback alkaline paper |
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