Remaking College : The Changing Ecology of Higher Education

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stevens, Mitchell.

Contributor:

Kirst, Michael W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--United States.

Universities and colleges--United States.

Education, Higher.

Universities and colleges.

Local Subjects:

Education, Higher--United States.

Universities and colleges--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

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...

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Higher Education in America

2. DIY U

3. Boom, Regulate, Cleanse, Repeat

4. The Classification of Organizational Forms

5. The New Landscape of Early Adulthood

6. The “Traditional” College Student

7. Measuring College Performance

8. Explaining Policy Change in K–12 and Higher Education

9. Understanding Human Resources in Broad-Access Higher Education

10. Improving Collegiate Outcomes at Broad-Access Institutions

11. A Research Framework for U.S. Higher Education

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Sep 2020)

ISBN:

9780804793551

0804793557

OCLC:

1198931991