Core concepts in higher education American Higher Education: Issues and Institutions (Core Concepts in Higher Education)
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Book
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ISBN 10
1138888141
ISBN 13
9781138888142
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Publication Year
2017
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Pages
380
Subject
Education, Higher--United States.
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Abstract
Higher education in the United States is a complex, diverse, and important enterprise. The latest book in the <I>Core Concepts in Higher Education</I> series brings to life issues of governance, organization, teaching and learning, student life, faculty, finances, college sports, public policy, fundraising, and innovations in higher education today. Written by renowned author John R. Thelin, each chapter bridges research, theory, and practice and discusses a range of institutions – including the often overlooked for-profits, community colleges, and minority serving institutions. A blend of stories and analysis, this exciting new book challenges present and future higher education practitioners to be informed and active participants, capable of improving their institutions.
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Table of Contents:
Introduction: higher education inside and out -- Bricks and mortar: creating the American campus -- Teaching and learning -- Students and student life -- Faculty and the academic profession -- Governance and organization: structures and cultures -- Fiscal fitness: budgets and finances -- Intercollegiate athletics: higher education's peculiar institution -- Public policies: the campus and federal, state, and local governments -- Fund raising and philanthropy: the nonprofit sector -- Research and development: the enterprising campus -- Colleges and consumerism: cost and price of higher education -- Innovations and internationalizations in american higher education -- Conclusion: beyond business as usual.
Introduction: higher education inside and out -- Bricks and mortar: creating the American campus -- Teaching and learning -- Students and student life -- Faculty and the academic profession -- Governance and organization: structures and cultures -- Fiscal fitness: budgets and finances -- Intercollegiate athletics: higher education's peculiar institution -- Public policies: the campus and federal, state, and local governments -- Fund raising and philanthropy: the nonprofit sector -- Research and development: the enterprising campus -- Colleges and consumerism: cost and price of higher education -- Innovations and internationalizations in american higher education -- Conclusion: beyond business as usual.
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