03049nam 2200637Ia 450 991045847190332120200520144314.00-8018-7456-4(CKB)2560000000053304(EBL)3318151(OCoLC)923191277(SSID)ssj0000474818(PQKBManifestationID)11335790(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474818(PQKBWorkID)10463501(PQKB)10585775(SSID)ssj0000177609(PQKBManifestationID)11177527(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177609(PQKBWorkID)10218851(PQKB)11008759(MiAaPQ)EBC3318151(Au-PeEL)EBL3318151(CaPaEBR)ebr10021622(EXLCZ)99256000000005330420000905d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn defense of American higher education[electronic resource] /edited by Philip G. Altbach, Patricia J. Gumport, and D. Bruce JohnstoneBaltimore Johns Hopkins University Press20011 online resource (376 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8018-6654-5 0-8018-6655-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction; Chapter One The American Academic Model in Comparative Perspective; Chapter Two Higher Education as a Mature Industry; Chapter Three The "Crisis" Crisis in Higher Education: Is that a Wolf or a Pussycat at the Academy's Door?; Chapter Four Built to Serve: The Enduring Legacy of Public Higher Education; Chapter Five From Mass Higher Education to Universal Access: The American Advantage; Chapter Six Higher Education and Those "Out-of-Control Costs"; Chapter Seven The Liberal Arts and the Role of Elite Higher EducationChapter Eight The Technological: Revolution Reflections on the Proper Role of Technology in Higher EducationChapter Nine Academic Change and Presidential Leadership; Chapter Ten Graduate Education and Research; Chapter Eleven College Students Today: Why We Can't Leave Serendipity to Chance; Chapter Twelve Governance: The Remarkable Ambiguity; Chapter Thirteen Understanding the American Academic Profession; Contributors; IndexEducation, HigherAims and objectivesUnited StatesEducation, HigherSocial aspectsUnited StatesElectronic books.Education, HigherAims and objectivesEducation, HigherSocial aspects378.73Altbach Philip G892627Gumport Patricia J879050Johnstone D. Bruce(Donald Bruce),1941-890353MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458471903321In defense of American higher education2457183UNINA