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The future of higher education : rhetoric, reality, and the risks of the market / Frank Newman, Lara Couturier, Jamie Scurry.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2004]Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 284 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0787969729 (alk. paper)
  • 9780787969721 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Future of higher education.DDC classification:
  • 378.73
LOC classification:
  • LA 227.4 N552f 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Higher education in the grip of transforming change -- The new competition -- The coming of the market -- The growing gap between public needs and the reality of higher education -- The public, political leaders, and the academy view higher education -- Creating a thoughtful market -- Autonomy, accountability, and the new compact -- Who is responsible for student learning? -- Expanding access and succeeding -- Competitive grants for teaching and institutional service -- College and university strategies for the new era -- A decade of opportunity.
Review: "A look at the risks inherent in the trend toward making higher education a market rather than a regulated public sector, The Future of Higher Education reveals the findings of an extensive four-year investigation into the major forces that are transforming our American system of higher education. The book explores the challenges of intensified competition among institutions, globalization of colleges and universities, the expansion of the new for-profit and virtual institutions, and the influence of technology on learning.Summary: This resource offers college and university leaders and policy makers an analysis of the impact of these forces of change and includes suggestions for creating an effective higher education market as well as a call for a renewed focus on the public purposes of higher education."--Jacket.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) LA 227.4 N552f 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000163635

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-274) and indexes.

Higher education in the grip of transforming change -- The new competition -- The coming of the market -- The growing gap between public needs and the reality of higher education -- The public, political leaders, and the academy view higher education -- Creating a thoughtful market -- Autonomy, accountability, and the new compact -- Who is responsible for student learning? -- Expanding access and succeeding -- Competitive grants for teaching and institutional service -- College and university strategies for the new era -- A decade of opportunity.

"A look at the risks inherent in the trend toward making higher education a market rather than a regulated public sector, The Future of Higher Education reveals the findings of an extensive four-year investigation into the major forces that are transforming our American system of higher education. The book explores the challenges of intensified competition among institutions, globalization of colleges and universities, the expansion of the new for-profit and virtual institutions, and the influence of technology on learning.

This resource offers college and university leaders and policy makers an analysis of the impact of these forces of change and includes suggestions for creating an effective higher education market as well as a call for a renewed focus on the public purposes of higher education."--Jacket.

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