| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xix, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
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Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-301) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Higher Education in the Postmodern Environment -- 2. Challenges to Contemporary Colleges and Universities -- 3. Redefining Quality in the Context of Access -- 4. Myths and Concerns About Integrating Quality and Access -- 5. The Elitist Perspective -- 6. The Populist Perspective -- 7. The Beleaguered Perspective -- 8. The Expedient Perspective -- 9. Strategies Based on Creativity, Commitment, and Cooperation -- 10. Institutional Approaches to Managing Quality and Access -- 11. Critical Roles for Campus Leaders. |
| Summary |
In this book, William H. Bergquist draws on thirty years of experience in both traditional and nontraditional colleges and universities to take a provocative look at the often tense interplay between the objectives of quality and access in American higher education. Quality without access, Bergquist argues, is untenable in light of today's diverse student populations, just as access without quality is sham education. Bergquist begins by showing how traditional definitions of quality, which tend to reflect the world of four-year residential colleges and universities, fail to embrace the realities of today's commuter students, returning adults, and multicultural populations. Using the example of a hypothetical collegiate institution, Bergquist reveals the pressures that can build up in traditional academic settings when quality and access are in conflict with each another. He then redefines quality in light of the need for access and points to the experience of nontraditional institutions to demonstrate how quality and access can be equal and achievable objectives in today's postsecondary environment. Achieving access with quality, Bergquist notes, will require changes not only within academic institutions, but also in assessment and accreditation policies and practices. He proposes new methods of assessing and determining quality, sets out quality-management procedures for ensuring ongoing commitment to access with quality, and concludes with advice to institutional leaders for promoting these dual and essential objectives. |
| Provenance |
Gift of President and Mrs. Rozanski. |
| 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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College choice -- United States.
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College choice. |
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Quality (Philosophy)
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Quality (Philosophy) |
| Indexed Term |
College choice United States |
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Education, Higher Aims and objectives United States |
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Quality (Philosophy) |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Bergquist, William H. Quality through access, access with quality. 1st ed. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, ©1995 (OCoLC)624455766 |
| ISBN |
0787900710 (acid-free paper) |
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9780787900717 (acid-free paper) |
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