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Title:

American higher education in the twenty-first century : social, political, and economic challenges / edited by Philip G. Altbach, Patricia J. Gumport, and Robert O. Berdahl.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

vi, 511 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.
Education, Higher--Political aspects--United States.

Other Authors:

Altbach, Philip G.
Gumport, Patricia J.
Berdahl, Robert Oliver.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Patterns of higher education development -- The ten generations of American higher education -- Autonomy and accountability: who controls academe? -- Academic freedom: past, present, and future -- The federal government and higher education -- The states and higher education -- The legal environment: the implementation of legal change on campus -- The hidden hand: external constituencies and their impact -- Harsh realities: the professoriate in the twenty-first century -- College students in changing contexts -- Presidents leading: the dynamics and complexities of campus leadership -- Financing higher education: who should pay? -- The digital technologies of learning and research -- Graduate education and research: interdependence and strain -- Curriculum in higher education: the organizational dynamics of academic reform -- Markets in higher education: trends in academic capitalism -- The diversity imperative: moving to the next generation.

ISBN:

0801899060 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801899065 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801899052 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801899058 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2010026156

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)