| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the diminishing of public purpose -- The lattice and the ratchet -- The admissions arms race -- On being mission centered and market smart -- To publish and perish -- A value proposition -- Thwarted innovation -- Who owns teaching? -- Making educational quality job one -- Not good enough -- Crafting a public agenda -- Dancing with change. |
| Summary |
At one time, universities educated new generations and were a source of social change. Today colleges and universities are less places of public purpose, than agencies of personal advantage. Remaking the American University provides a penetrating analysis of the ways market forces have shaped and distorted the behaviors, purposes, and ultimately the missions of universities and colleges over the past half-century. The authors describe how a competitive preoccupation with rankings and markets published by the media spawned an admissions arms race that drains institutional resources and. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| 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 -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Education, Higher -- Economic aspects. |
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Educational change -- United States.
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Educational change. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Wegner, Gregory R., 1950-
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Massy, William F.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Zemsky, Robert, 1940- Remaking the American university. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2005 0813536243 (DLC) 2004025321 (OCoLC)56920863 |
| ISBN |
0813541123 (electronic book) |
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9780813541129 (electronic book) |
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9780813536248 |
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0813536243 |
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