| The Higher Education Scene in America: Some Observations Contributor(s): Gitlow, Abraham (Author), Gitlow, Howard (Author) |
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ISBN: 076186458X ISBN-13: 9780761864585 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $45.53 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Administration - Higher - Education | Comparative - Education | Educational Policy & Reform |
| Dewey: 378.1 |
| LCCN: 2014946796 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.75 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based on the authors' experiences in academe over seventy-five years, The Higher Education Scene in America: Some Observations discusses a number of issues that confront America's higher education scene today. Those issue embrace such problems as: (1) the missions(s) of our colleges and universities and the development of critical thinking and/or employability; (2) the role of for-profit academic institutions; (3) the impact of online technology; (4) diffusion of power and achievement of consensus between administrators and faculty; (5) the importance of financial matters, embracing budgets, fundraising, and endowments; (6) the insidious problem of conflicts of interest; (7) the scandalous impact of big-time, big-money Division 1 sports on academe; (8) the growth of non-academic functions; and (9) the importance of leadership in consensual institutions and how leaders are chosen. |