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Lesson Plan : an agenda for change in American higher education / William G. Bowen and Michael S. McPherson.
LIBRA LA227.4 .B685 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bowen, William G., author.
- McPherson, Michael S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- United States.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 163 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- Part I Prelude 1
- Part II Pressing National Needs 11
- Achieving Higher Levels of Educational Attainment 11
- Raising College Completion Rates in the United States 21
- Reducing Time-to-Degree 31
- Reducing Disparities in Outcomes by Socioeconomic Status and Race or Ethnicity 34
- Achieving Affordability 46
- Strengthening Leadership Capacities 61
- Part III An Agenda for Change 73
- Governmental Funding-Apart from Student Aid 73
- Payments by Individuals-and Student Aid (Including Loans) 87
- Increasing Efficiency 106
- Putting High-Profile College Sports in Proper Perspective 118
- Rationalizing Staffing: Supporting the Development of a "Teaching Corps" 121
- Improving Teaching through Technology: Adaptive Learning 126
- Enabling Stronger Leadership 134.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691172101
- 0691172102
- OCLC:
- 927619597
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