Pursuing Quality, Access, and Affordability : A Field Guide to Improving Higher Education / Stephen C. Ehrmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ehrmann, Stephen C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Costs.

Education, Higher--United States--Costs.

Educational equalization--United States--Case studies.

Educational equalization.

Universities and colleges--Administration.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, England : Routledge, 2023.

Summary:

Whether they recognize it or not, virtually all colleges and universities face three Grand Challenges: Improve the learning outcomes of a higher education: A large majority of college graduates are weak in capabilities that faculty and employers both see as crucial. Extend more equitable access to degrees: Too often, students from underserved groups and poor households either don't enter college or else drop out without a degree. The latter group may be worse off economically than if they'd never attempted college. Make academic programs more affordable (in money and time) for students and other important stakeholder groups: Many potential students believe they lack the money or time needed for academic success. Many faculty believe they don't have time to make their courses and degree programs more effective. Many institutions believe they can't afford to improve outcomes. These challenges are global. But, in a higher education system such as that in the United States, the primary response must be institutional. This book analyzes how, over the years, six pioneering colleges and universities have begun to make visible, cumulative progress on all three fronts.

Contents:

Intro

Advance Praise

PURSUING QUALITY, ACCESS, AND AFFORDABILITY

COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY STYLUS PUBLISHING, LLC

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PART ONE: WHY IMPROVE QUALITY, EQUITABLE ACCESS, AND AFFORDABILITY? AND HOW?

1: WHAT'S SO URGENT?

2: IRON TRIANGLES, THREE GAINS, AND 3FOLD GAINS

PART TWO: 3FOLD GAINS GUIDED BY A SINGLE PARADIGM

3: GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

4: GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY

5: COLLEGE FOR AMERICA

6: THREE COMPETING PARADIGMS FOR PURSUING 3FOLD GAINS

PART THREE: SUSTAINING THE INTEGRATIVE PURSUIT OF 3FOLD GAINS

7: GUTTMAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

8: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

9: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

PART FOUR: ALIGNING INITIATIVES ACROSS THREE DOMAINS

10: INTEGRATIVE EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR 3FOLD GAINS

11: ORGANIZATIONAL FOUNDATIONS THAT SUSTAIN INTEGRATIVE EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES

12: LEVERAGING INTERACTIONS WITH THE WIDER WORLD

PART FIVE: DOING IT

13: A FRAMEWORK FOR PURSUING, SCALING, AND SUSTAINING 3FOLD GAINS

14: IMPLEMENTATION

15: FOR 3FOLD GAINS ON A NATIONAL SCALE, CHANGE THE WIDER WORLD , TOO

REFERENCES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INDEX

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781003446590

1003446590

9781000972467

1000972461

9781620369920

1620369923

OCLC:

1243545975