Two Cheers for Higher Education : Why American Universities Are Stronger Than Ever-and How to Meet the Challenges They Face /

Afficher d'autres versions (1)

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...

Description complète

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Brint, Steven G. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Universities and colleges.
Learning and scholarship.
Education, Higher.
EDUCATION > Administration > Higher.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Universites > États-Unis.
Savoir et erudition > États-Unis.
Universities and colleges > United States.
Learning and scholarship > United States.
Education, Higher > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

Documents similaires