Our higher calling : rebuilding the partnership between America and its colleges and universities /

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Americans from all walks of life are losing confidence in American higher education and their numbers are increasing at an alarming rate. Amidst this decline in public support, many American colleges and universities now must confront an unstainable business model. Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein ad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Thorp, H. Holden, 1964- (Autor), Goldstein, Buck (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Temas:
Universities and colleges > United States.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Education, Higher > United States > Philosophy.
Universités > États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Higher.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Entrepreneurship.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
Education, Higher > Philosophy.
Universities and colleges.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why American universities are the best in the world
  • American universities are challenged as never before
  • Strategy is critical, and very difficult
  • Students are not customers
  • Faculty are not employees
  • University leadership: more complicated and more critical than ever
  • Academic medicine: the elephant in the room
  • Economic development is no longer optional
  • The case for both basic research and entrepreneurship
  • An education and a job
  • Framing the conversation
  • Rebuilding the partnership.

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