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Title American higher education in the twenty-first century : social, political, and economic challenges / edited by Michael N. Bastedo, Philip G. Altbach, and Patricia J. Gumport.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016.
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  378.73 A512A    Check Shelf
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Edition Fourth edition.
Description x, 559 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part I: Core enduring missions. The ten generations of American higher education / Roger L. Geiger -- Academic freedom : past, present, and future / Robert M. O'Neil -- Curriculum in higher education : the organizational dynamics of academic reform / Michael N. Bastedo -- Harsh realities : the professoriate in the twenty-first century / Philip G. Altbach -- Graduate education and research : interdependence and strain / Patricia J. Gumport -- The intersecting authority of boards, presidents, and faculty : toward shared leadership / Peter D. Eckel and Adrianna Kezar -- Part II: Macro forces at work. Patterns of higher education development / Philip G. Altbach -- The federal government and higher education / Michael Mumper, Lawrence E. Gladieux, Jacqueline E. King, and Melanie E. Corrigan -- The states and higher education / Aims C. McGuinness, Jr. -- The legal environment : the implementation of legal change on campus / Joy Blanchard and Benjamin Baez -- Financing American higher education : reconciling institutional financial viability and student affordability / D. Bruce Johnstone -- Part III: Frontiers of rapid change. Extending opportunity, perpetuating privilege : institutional stratification amid educational expansion / Lauren T. Schudde and Sara Goldrick-Rab -- The diversity imperative : moving to the next generation / Daryl G. Smith -- Homing in on learning and teaching : current approaches and future directions for higher education policy / Anna Neumann and Corbin M. Campbell -- Technology : the solution to higher education's pressing problems? / Laura W. Perna and Roman Ruiz -- Community colleges / Peter Riley Bahr and Jillian Leigh Gross -- State and markets in higher education : trends in academic capitalism / Sheila Slaughter and Gary Rhoades.
Subject Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- United States.
Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- United States.
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives. (OCoLC)fst00903015
Education, Higher -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst00903087
Education, Higher -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00903107
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Hochschulpolitik. (DE-588)4113936-7
Governance. (DE-588)4639012-1
Bildungspolitik. (DE-588)4006667-8
Hochschulreform. (DE-588)4025255-3
Added Author Bastedo, Michael N., editor.
Altbach, Philip G., editor.
Gumport, Patricia J., editor.
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1421419890 (hardcover ;) (acid-free paper)
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1421419912 (electronic book)
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