Remaking the American university : market-smart and mission-centered /

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At one time, universities educated new generations and were a source of social change. Today colleges and universities are less places of public purpose, than agencies of personal advantage. Remaking the American University provides a penetrating analysis of the ways market forces have shaped and di...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zemsky, Robert, 1940-
Other Authors: Wegner, Gregory R., 1950-, Massy, William F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Education, Higher > Economic aspects > United States.
Educational change > United States.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Enseignement > Réforme > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Higher.
EDUCATION > General.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
Education, Higher > Economic aspects.
Educational change.
Hochschulbildung
Hochschulökonomie
United States.
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the diminishing of public purpose
  • The lattice and the ratchet
  • The admissions arms race
  • On being mission centered and market smart
  • To publish and perish
  • A value proposition
  • Thwarted innovation
  • Who owns teaching?
  • Making educational quality job one
  • Not good enough
  • Crafting a public agenda
  • Dancing with change.

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