Newman, Frank Jr. 1927-2004

The future of higher education : rhetoric, reality, and the risks of the market / Frank Newman, Lara Couturier, Jamie Scurry. - 1st ed. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2004] - xvi, 284 pages ; 24 cm

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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Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
Educación superior --Fines y objetivos --Estados Unidos
Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.
Educación Superior --Aspectos económicos --Estados Unidos
Educational change--United States.
Cambio educativo--Estados Unidos
Enseignement supérieur--Finalités--États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur--Aspect économique--États-Unis.
Enseignement--Réforme--États-Unis.

LA 227.4 / N552f 2004

378.73