The Carnegie Council series On Higher Education: The Academic Enterprise in an Era of Rising Student Consumerism (The Carnegie Council series)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0875894844
ISBN 13
9780875894843
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Unknown
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Publication Year
1980
Publisher
Pages
456
Subject
Universities and colleges--United States. College choice--United States.
Series Name
Abstract
On Higher Education is about the consequences of the student revolt of the 1960's and the decline of faculty influence. This shift from emphasis on academic merit to student consumerism is one of two great reversals of direction in the history of American higher education. This is a book for those curious about our society and its institutions and for all who share a civic concern about the society's future.
Description
Table of Contents:
The era of faculty dominance and its decline -- Sources of faculty hegemony -- The rise of student disaffection -- College marketing and student customers -- The limits of student choice: the evangelical colleges -- Student power in the public community colleges -- The free market, "marginal differentiation," and restrictions on diversity -- Providing information to guide student choice -- Student consumerism and educational change -- Protecting students by voluntary action: regional accrediting associations -- Government intervention for consumer protection.
The era of faculty dominance and its decline -- Sources of faculty hegemony -- The rise of student disaffection -- College marketing and student customers -- The limits of student choice: the evangelical colleges -- Student power in the public community colleges -- The free market, "marginal differentiation," and restrictions on diversity -- Providing information to guide student choice -- Student consumerism and educational change -- Protecting students by voluntary action: regional accrediting associations -- Government intervention for consumer protection.
Number of Copies
1
