The Future of Higher Education : Rhetoric, Reality, and the Risks of the Market
Frank. Newman
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Wiley, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (305 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - The Future of Higher Education: Rhetoric, Reality, and the Risks of the Market; Contents; Preface; The Authors; Chapter 1: Higher Education in the Grip of Transforming Change; The New Competition; The Risks of a Market; The Need for Thoughtful Policy; The Challenges of Policy Making; Higher Education's Public Purposes; The Need for Institutional Strategy; The Task Ahead; Chapter 2: The New Competition; The Emergence of the New Competition; The New Providers; Technology in the Classroom; The Globalization of Higher Education; The Implications of the New Competition. - Barriers to Access and Attainment. - Chapter 3: The Coming of the MarketThe Shift from Regulation to the Market; The Causes of the Shift; Market Forces Go Global; The Differing Motivations of Academic and Political Leaders; The Opportunity in the Current Budget Crisis; The Concern over the State Share of Funding; Market Forces and Public Needs; Preparing for a Successful Market; The Need for a Debate; Chapter 4: The Growing Gap Between Public Needs and the Reality of Higher Education; The Changing Nature of American Society; The Changing Nature of Higher Education and the Competition for Prestige. - Emergence of New Models Around the WorldPolicies for a Workable Trade-Off Between Autonomy and Accountability; The Benefits of Institutional Agreements; Chapter 8: Who Is Responsible for Student Learning?; What Does a Learning-Centered Institution Look Like?; Creating an Organizational Culture of Quality Learning; New Pressures for Change; Policies to Improve the Quality of Learning; Taking Responsibility; Chapter 9: Expanding Access and Success; The Demands of the New Workforce; The Even Greater Demand: Social Mobility; The Unfinished Problem of Access: Attainment; Mobility Deferred. - General PerceptionsThe Public; Business Leaders; Public Officials; The Academy; Chapter 6: Creating a Thoughtful Market; The Need for Strategic Interventions by Government; The Public Purposes to Be Served; Information as the Driver of the Market; The Risks of a Market in Higher Education; A Lesson in the Risks from Market Forces: Intercollegiate Athletics; Creating a Successful Market; Selecting New Policies to Shape the Market; Chapter 7: Autonomy, Accountability, and the New Compact; Reasons for Seeking New Structures; The Range of Existing Relationships. - The Barrier of Operating Without Measures of Performance AssessmentThe Barrier of Sluggish Campus Governance; The Need to Take Responsibility for Learning; The Need to Move Beyond Access to Attainment; The Need to Address Efficiency and Productivity; The Long-Overdue Need to Support Elementary and Secondary Education; The Need to Reduce Conflict of Interest; The Need to Serve as Society's Critic; The Need to Rebuild Political Involvement to Sustain Democracy; The Growing Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality; Chapter 5: The Public, Political Leaders, and the Academy View Higher Education. - A powerful look at the risks inherent in the trend toward making higher education a market rather than a regulated public sector, The Future of Higher Education reveals the findings of an extensive four-year investigation into the major forces that are transforming our American system of higher education. The book explores the challenges of intensified competition among institutions, globalization of colleges and universities, the expansion of the new for-profit and virtual institutions, and the influence of technology on learning. This important resource offers college and university l
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| Emner | Education, Higher - Aims and objectives - United States
Education, Higher - Economic aspects - United States Educational change - United States Education Vis mer... History of Education
Social Sciences høyere utdanning universitetsutdanning høgskoleutdanning universitet høgskoler utdanningspolitikk politikk forente stater usa |
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| ISBN | 0787969729
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