"Whatever it is, I'm against it" : resistance to change in higher education / Brian Rosenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenberg, Brian, 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

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

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

xii, 209 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard Education Press, [2023]

Summary:

"An invigorating work that identifies obstructions to transformative change in higher education and offers paths to break through. In "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It," president emeritus of Macalester College Brian Rosenberg draws on decades of higher education experience to expose the entrenched structures, practices, and cultures that inhibit meaningful postsecondary reform, even as institutions face serious challenges to their financial and educational models. A lively insider's account, the book pinpoints factors that hinder the ability of U.S. colleges and universities to be creative and entrepreneurial amid calls to improve affordability, access, and equity for students. Through pithy personal stories of divisive town hall meetings, multiyear college governance battles, and attempts at curricular reform, Rosenberg illustrates internal and external dynamics that impede institutional evolution. Pressures such as declining enrollment, escalating costs, and an oversupply of PhDs in academia have long signaled a grave need for reform within a profession that, as Rosenberg ruefully acknowledges, lacks organizational flexibility, depends greatly on reputation and ranking, and retains traditions, from the academic calendar to grading systems, that have remained essentially the same for decades. Rosenberg looks outside the U.S. system to find possible antidotes in innovative higher education models such as student-centered and experiential learning approaches. This thought-provoking work offers ample evidence for presidents, chancellors, deans, provosts, and faculty to consider as they plan their missions to achieve institutional transformation. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Case for Change

Reputation

Incentives

The Disciplines

Shared Governance

Tenure

The Path to Change

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781682538289

1682538281

OCLC:

1393204177