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Two cheers for higher education : why American universities are stronger than ever--and how to meet the challenges they face /

A leading expert challenges the prevailing gloomy outlook on higher education with solid evidence of its successes. Crushing student debt, rapidly eroding state funding, faculty embroiled in speech controversies, a higher-education market disrupted by online competition--today's headlines sugge...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brint, Steven G. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The universities expansion made
  • The academic professions and American society
  • The rise of academic innovationism
  • College for all
  • Multiplying status locations
  • The priorities of patrons
  • An accumulation of administration
  • Focus on the classroom
  • Other challenges: cost, online competition, contentious speech
  • The ends of knowledge.