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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963628803321

Autore

Rothman Stanley <1927-2011.>

Titolo

The still divided academy : how competing visions of power, politics, and diversity complicate the mission of higher education / / Stanley Rothman, April Kelly-Woessner, and Matthew Woessner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010

ISBN

979-82-16-31767-8

1-282-92269-6

9786612922695

1-4422-0808-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Kelly-WoessnerApril

WoessnerMatthew

Disciplina

378.73

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Aims and objectives - United States

Education, Higher - Political aspects - United States

Education, Higher - Social aspects - United States

Universities and colleges - United States - Administration

Academic freedom - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Visions of the University; Chapter Three: Perceptions of Power and Control in the American University; Chapter Four: Politics and Culture Wars; Chapter Five: Campus Diversity; Chapter Six: Academic Freedom, Tenure, and the Free Exchange of Ideas; Chapter Seven: Conclusion; Appendix 1: List of Questions Used in the NAASS Survey; Appendix 2: Professor's Assessment of Institutional Success in Educating Students; Appendix 3: University Rankings by Tier; Appendix 4: Models of Trust for Students, Faculty, and Administrators

Appendix 5: The Impact of Varying Exclusion Methods on College Satisfaction ResultsAppendix 6: Why Professors Think Academic Tenure Is Important; Notes; References; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on data collected in a specially commissioned public opinion



survey as well as other recent research on higher education, Rothman, Kelly-Woessner, and Woessner, create an incredibly readable presentation of both the similarities and differences between those running our universities and those attending them. The authors manage to remain impressively neutral; instead they give us a fuller perspective of the people on our college campuses.