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American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century : Social, Political, and Economic Challen...

ISBN: 9780801880353 | 0801880351
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 2/25/2005

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
This new edition of American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century explores current issues of central importance to the academy: leadership, accountability, access, finance, technology, academic freedom, the canon, governance, and race. Chapters also deal with key constituencies -- students and faculty -- in the context of a changing academic environment. While the contributors agree with critics who argue for ongoing reassessment of public institutions, they provide a more balanced perspective. They take issue with the "crisis" culture ... MORE
Introduction The Contexts of American Higher Education1(14)
Robert O. Berdahl, Philip G. Altbach, and Patricia J. Gumport
Part One The Setting
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Chapter One Patterns in Higher Education Development
15(23)
Philip G. Altbach
Chapter Two The Ten Generations of American Higher Education
38(33)
Roger L. Geiger
Chapter Three Autonomy and Accountability: Who Controls Academe?
71(20)
Frank A. Schmidtlein and Robert O. Berdahl
Chapter Four Academic Freedom: Past, Present, and Future beyond September 11
91(24)
Robert M. O'Neil
Chapter Five Challenges Facing Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century
115(48)
Ami Zusman
Part Two External Forces
Chapter Six The Federal Government and Higher Education
163(35)
Lawrence E. Gladieux, Jacqueline E. King, and Melanie E. Corrigan
Chapter Seven The States and Higher Education
198(28)
Aims C. McGuinness, Jr.
Chapter Eight The Legal Environment: The Implementation of Legal Change on Campus
226(27)
Michael A. Olivas
Chapter Nine The Hidden Hand: External Constituencies and Their Impact
253(34)
Fred F. Harcleroad and Judith S. Eaton
Part Three The Academic Community
Chapter Ten Harsh Realities: The Professoriate Faces a New Century
287(28)
Philip G. Altbach
Chapter Eleven College Students in Changing Contexts
315(25)
Eric L. Dey and Sylvia Hurtado
Chapter Twelve The Dilemma of Presidential Leadership
340(29)
Robert Birnbaum and Peter D. Eckel
Part Four Central Issues for the Twenty-First Century
Chapter Thirteen Financing Higher Education: Who Should Pay?
369(24)
D. Bruce Johnstone
Chapter Fourteen Technology and Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges for the New Era
393(32)
Patricia J. Gumport and Marc Chun
Chapter Fifteen Graduate Education and Research: Interdependence and Strain
425(37)
Patricia J. Gumport
Chapter Sixteen Curriculum in Higher Education: The Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues
462(24)
Michael N. Bastedo
Chapter Seventeen Markets in Higher Education: Students in the Seventies, Patents in the Eighties, Copyrights in the Nineties
486(31)
Sheila Slaughter and Gary Rhoades
Chapter Eighteen Race in Higher Education: Making Meaning of an Elusive Moving Target
517(20)
Mitchell J. Chang, Philip G. Altbach, and Kofi Lomotey
Contributors537(6)
Index543


Philip G. Altbach is J. Donald Monan, SJ, Professor of Higher Education and director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College. Robert O. Berdahl is professor emeritus of higher education at the University of Maryland, College Park. Patricia J. Gumport is a professor at Stanford University and director of the Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research.

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