Colleges at the crossroads : taking sides on contested issues / edited by Joseph L. DeVitis & Pietro A. Sasso.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

DeVitis, Joseph L., editor.

Sasso, Pietro A., editor.

Series:

Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 517.

Counterpoints : studies in criticality ; vol. 517

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

College sports--Moral and ethical aspects.

College sports.

College students.

Social conditions.

College teachers--Workload.

United States.

Education, Higher--Effect of technological innovations on--United States.

Education, Higher--Effect of technological innovations on.

Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.

Education, Higher--Economic aspects.

Academic freedom--United States.

Academic freedom.

College teachers--Tenure--United States.

College teachers.

College teachers--Tenure.

College teachers--Workload--United States.

College students--United States--Social conditions.

College sports--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Universities and colleges--United States--Administration.

Universities and colleges.

Administration.

College students--Social conditions.

Universities and colleges--Administration.

Physical Description:

xvii, 523 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2018]

Summary:

Focusing on crucial issues in higher education, this book challenges readers to go beyond taken-for-granted assumptions about America_s colleges and universities and instead critically examine important questions facing them in today_s troubled world. Each chapter presents divergent perspectives, that is, "pro" and "con" views, in the hope of stimulating reasoned dialogue among students, faculty, administrators, and the public at large. Readers will explore how internal factors in the academic community often interact with external social, economic, and political influences to produce conflictual results. They will see that academe is hardly value-neutral and inevitably political. This book urges them to transcend strident political persuasion and instead engage in the careful analysis needed to make colleges better. The text provides in-depth appraisal of key topics of controversy: the purposes of higher education, liberal education, academic freedom, political correctness, tenure, shared governance, faculty workload, admissions tests, student learning, Greek life, the worth of college, equity and social justice, athletics, student entitlement, technology and distance instruction, and college amenities. The book will appeal to students, faculty, staff, and all those interested in the future of higher education. It is especially useful for courses in contemporary issues in higher education, foundations of higher education, higher education and society, college student development, and the organization and administration of higher education.

Contents:

What is college for? / Johann N. Neem

Modernizing college purposes to save a troubled world / Patricia A. McGuire

The urgent need for liberal education in today's troubled world / Bruce W. Hauptl

Civic engagement in higher learning / Richard Guarasci

"Flipping" the tenure debate and the continuing need to protect academic freedom / Niel H. Hutchens & Frank Fernandez

What is academic freedom for? / Ashley Thorne

The contingency of tenure / David Shiner

Why tenure needs protection in these troubled times / Philo A. Hutcheson

Free expression at public colleges and universities : why students should care about it and why campus officials should make sure it is protected / Dennis E. Gregory

Free expression and political correctness : contextualizing the controversies and finding a way forward / R. Scott Mattingly, J. Bennet Durham & Matthew R. Shupp

Tokenizing social justice in higher education / Cristobal Salinas, Jr. & Valerie A. Guerrero

Creating inclusive classrooms as an imperative for upholding academic freedom for historically underrepresented groups in higher education / Michael Sean Funk

It is a balancing act : faculty workload / Isis N. Walton & Nicolle Parsons-Pollard

Faculty work life : beyond the tipping point / Sean Robinson

Faculty governance as a thorny problem / Michael T. Miller & Everrett A. Smith

The erosion of faculty governance / Dilys Schoorman

Limited by design : a critical sociohistorical analysis of postsecondary learning outcomes / Ezekiel Kimball, Juan Manuel Ruiz-Hau & Fermin Valle

Are college students learning more or less than in the past? / Sergio Ossirio and Kimberly Kline

Instructional technology as a revolutionary savior of higher education classrooms : an analysis of scope, ethics, and values / David S. Knowlton

Will technology and distance instruction save higher education? / Paul Gordon Brown

The importance of standardized tests in college admissions / Martin C. Yu & Nathan Kuncel

Why standardized testing is not necessary in college admissions / Aaron W. Hughey

Is higher education worth the investment? : examining the economic and social returns / Monica Galloway Burke, Colin Cannonier & Aaron W. Hughey

Is college worth the cost? : It depends / Lindsey M. Burke

The college arms race : how it is destroying higher education in the United States / Matthew Varga & Scott L. Lingress

The need for college amenities and their benefit to the student and institution's success / Steven Tolman & Christopher Trautman

Then and now : the relationship between the college and the student / Mark Bauman

Are college students too entitled today? : the role of customer service in meeting student needs and expectations / Denise L. Davidson & Amu A. Paciej-Woodruff

Are fraternities and sororities still Relevant in higher education? / Ashley Tull & Kathy Cavins-Tull

Fraternities and sororities in the contemporary era : a pendulum of tolerance / Pietro A. Sasso

Are collegiate athletics necessary in contemporary higher education? / Curtis M. Clock & Thalia M. Mulvihill

Academics and athletics : struggles and strategies in the pursuit of (A) grades and (A) games / Sally Dear-Healey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781433134210

1433134217

9781433134227

1433134225

OCLC:

995759607

Publisher Number:

99977845201