Remaking college : the changing ecology of higher education / edited by Michael W. Kirst and Mitchell L. Stevens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kirst, Michael W., editor.

Stevens, Mitchell L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--United States.

Education, Higher.

United States.

Universities and colleges--United States.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

x, 323 pages; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2015.

Summary:

Between 1945 and 1990 the United States built the largest and most productive higher education system in world history. Over the last two decades, however, dramatic budget cuts to public academic services and skyrocketing tuition have made college completion more difficult for many. Nevertheless, the democratic promise of education and the global competition for educated workers mean ever growing demand. Remaking College considers this changing context, arguing that a growing accountability revolution, the push for greater efficiency and productivity, and the explosion of online learning are changing the character of higher education. Writing from a range of disciplines and professional backgrounds, the contributors each bring a unique perspective to the fate and future of U.S. higher education. By directing their focus to schools doing the lion's share of undergraduate - colleges, comprehensive public universities, and for-profit - imagine a future unencumbered by dominant notions of "traditional" students, linear models of achievement, and college as a four-year residential experience. The result is a collection rich with new tools for helping people make more informed decisions about - themselves, for their children, and for American society as a whole. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : the changing ecology of US higher education / Mitchell L. Stevens

Higher education in America : multiple field perspectives / W. Richard Scott

DIY U : higher education goes hybrid / Anya Kamenetz

Boom, regulate, cleanse, repeat : for-profit colleges : slow but inevitable drive toward acceptability / Paul Fain & Doug Lederman

The classification of organizational forms : theory and application to the field of higher education / Martin Ruef & Manish Nag

The radically altered landscape of early adulthood : implications for broad-access higher education / Richard A. Settersten, Jr

The "traditional" college student : a smaller and smaller minority and its implications for diversity and access institutions / Regina Deil-Amen

Measuring college performance / Richard Arum & Josipa Roksa

Explaining policy change in K-12 and higher education / William R. Doyle & Michael W. Kirst

Understanding human resources in broad-access higher education / Susanna Loeb, Agustina Paglayan, & Eric Taylor

Improving collegiate outcomes at broad-access institutions : lessons for research and practice / Michal Kurlaender, Jessica S. Howell, & Jacob Jackson

A research framework for US higher education / Daniel Klasik, Kristopher Proctor, & Rachel Baker.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804791670

0804791678

9780804793292

0804793298

OCLC:

881386487