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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brint, Steven G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Education, Higher > United States.
Learning and scholarship > United States.
Universities and colleges > United States.
Savoir et érudition > États-Unis.
Universités > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Higher.
EDUCATION > Administration > Higher.
Education, Higher.
Learning and scholarship.
Universities and colleges.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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