American Higher Education: Issues and Institutions

ISBN-13: 9781032334301 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 432 str.

USA) Thelin John R. (The University of Kentucky

Opis

The latest book in the Core Concepts in Higher Education series brings to life issues of governance, organization, teaching and learning, student life, faculty, finances, college sports, public policy, fundraising, and innovations in higher education today.

Spis treści

Series Editor’s Introduction  Preface  Acknowledgements  1. Introduction: Higher Education Inside and Out  2. Bricks and Mortar: Redesigning the American Campus  3. Admissions and Attrition: Enrollment Management  4. Teaching and Learning  5. Students and Student Life  6. Faculty and the Academic Profession  7. Governance and Organization: Structures and Cultures 8. Fiscal Fitness: Budgets and Finances  9. Intercollegiate Athletics: Higher Education’s Peculiar Institution  10. Public Policies: The Campus and Federal, State, and Local Governments  11. Fund-Raising and Philanthropy: The Nonprofit Sector  12. Research and Development: The Enterprising Campus  13. Colleges and Consumerism: Cost and Price of Higher Education  14. Innovations and Internationalizations in American Higher Education  15. Beyond Business as Usual: Continuity and Change  16. Crises and Credibility: American Higher Education Reconsidered

O autorze

John R. Thelin is University Research Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy at the University of Kentucky, USA. He is Past President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) and received the ASHE Outstanding Research Award. He is also the recipient of the 2023 University of Kentucky Libraries “Medallion for Intellectual Achievement."