Coming to grips with higher education / Michael T. Nietzel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nietzel, Michael T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

United States.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

xv, 175 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]

Summary:

The American university faces many challenges. It has become too costly and inefficient. It fails too many students. It spends too much time and money on matters that should not be its priorities. It clings to policies and practices that need to go away. And it is too disconnected from the students and communities it must serve. This book proposes several changes to standard policies in our colleges and universities that will sharpen their missions, redirect funding to the highest priorities, improve student learning and attainment, redefine faculty engagement, slow down spending on amenities, and reduce the excesses of intercollegiate athletics. The recommended reforms remain true to the essential academic values embraced by the academy, but at the same time they recognise and respond to the new realities facing higher education.

Contents:

1 Four Challenges p. 1

2 Mission Creep p. 16

3 Performance Funding p. 35

4 Financial Aid, College Access, and Affordability p. 51

5 Remedial Education p. 72

6 Student Learning p. 87

7 Faculty Tenure p. 110

8 Campus Amenities p. 124

9 Athletics p. 137

10 An Agenda for Reform p. 159.

ISBN:

1475838433

9781475838435

9781475838428

1475838425

OCLC:

1035302448