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The higher education scene in America : some observations /

This book 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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Gitlow, Abraham L. (Abraham Leo), 1918-2014 (Autor), Gitlow, Howard S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Higher education in a free society
  • Formal authority and diffusion of power
  • The academic pecking order and unionization of the academic staff
  • The budgetary challenge and fiscal responsibility
  • The fundraising challenge
  • Other aspects of fundraising
  • Conflicts of interest and division I sports
  • Service functions : a secondary source of threats to the academic mission
  • The university president : the leader's job is critical.