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The challenge of independent colleges : moving research into practice / edited by Christopher C. Morphew and John M. Braxton.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Private universities and colleges--United States--Administration.
- Private universities and colleges.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
- Administration.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Documenting the challenges and opportunities facing independent colleges in several integral areas, including public purposes and student engagement, The Challenge of Independent Colleges is informed by the reactions of independent campus presidents and provosts who work every day to act on the opportunities presented by private and universities. Each of the nine chapters is written by a leading higher education scholar and frames highly relevant issues for administrators at independent colleges and universities. Topics range from "Access and Affordability" and "Assessment" to "Ensuring Student Success" and "Institutional Strategy." Each chapter is followed by a short, critical reaction written by a provost or president at a Council of Independent Colleges member institution. These reactions demonstrate how the information contained in the chapter might be used by institutional leaders to make decisions and what other information on the chapter's topic might be useful for leaders at independent colleges and universities. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Public purposes and benefits of independent higher education / David Weerts and Barrett Taylor
- Reaction / Marc Roy
- Access and affordability / Nicholas Hillman & Valerie Crespin-Trujillo
- Reaction / Roger Drake
- Assessment of student learning outcomes / Jillian Kinzie & Cynthia Cogswell
- Reaction / Letha Zook
- Leveraging learning technologies / Matthew Mayhew & Stephen Vassallo
- Reaction / Kevin Ross
- Ensuring student success / Laurie Schreiner
- Reaction / Charlie McCormick
- Student demographics and equity / Julie Park
- Reaction / Mary Marcy
- Meaning making and the liberal arts / Cynthia Wells, David Guthrie & David Custer
- Reaction / Linda McMillin
- The faculty role in the smaller private college / John M. Braxton
- Reaction / Carolyn Stefanco
- Institutional strategy and adaptation / James Hearn & Erin Ciarimboli
- Reaction / Richard Dorman
- Trusses and gaps in the bridge from research to practice / Christopher C. Morphew & John M. Braxton.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 2, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 9781421424323
- 1421424320
- Publisher Number:
- 40027794862
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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