Controversies on campus : debating the issues confronting American universities in the 21st century /

This book examines the myriad controversies regarding today's college campuses and student bodies, such as tuition costs, campus rape, academic freedom/free speech, gun policies, binge drinking, "hook-up" culture, corporatization of academic research, poverty-level wages of adjunct fa...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Blanchard, Joy (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, [2018]
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Universities and colleges > United States > Administration.
Educational change > United States.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > États-Unis.
Enseignement > Réforme > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives
Educational change
Universities and colleges > Administration
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Contemporary opportunities and challenges around diversifying American universities
  • pt. 2. Contemporary issues surrounding the college curriculum and instructional delivery
  • pt. 3. Issues facing American college students in the 21st century
  • pt. 4. Legal and regulatory issues facing the 21st-century American university and students
  • pt. 5. The impact of the economy and financial policy on contemporary universities.

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