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March 29, 2017
The Higher Education Scene in America: Some Observations
- Author
- Gitlow, Abrham; and Gitlow, Howard
- Publisher
- University Press of America, Lanham, MD
- ISBN
- 978761864585
- Table of Contents
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Preface
ch. 1 Higher Education in a Free Society
ch. 2 Formal Authority and Diffusion of Power
ch. 3 The Academic Pecking Order and Unionization of the Academic Staff
ch. 4 The Budgetary Challenge and Fiscal Responsibility
ch. 5 The Fundraising Challenge
ch. 6 Other Aspects of Fundraising
ch. 7 Conflicts of Interest and Division I Sports
ch. 8 Service Functions: A Secondary Source of Threats to the Academic Mission
ch. 9 The University President: The Leader’s Job is Critical
Conclusion
Sources
Index
About the Authors
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Abstract: Based on the authors’ experiences in academe over seventy-five years, The Higher Education Scene in America: Some Observations discusses a number of issues that confront America’s higher education scene today. Those issue embrace such problems as: (1) the missions(s) of our colleges and universities and the development of critical thinking and/or employability; (2) the role of for-profit academic institutions; (3) the impact of online technology; (4) diffusion of power and achievement of consensus between administrators and faculty; (5) the importance of financial matters, embracing budgets, fundraising, and endowments; (6) the insidious problem of conflicts of interest; (7) the scandalous impact of big-time, big-money Division 1 sports on academe; (8) the growth of non-academic functions; and (9) the importance of leadership in consensual institutions and how leaders are chosen. (From the Publisher)
Abstract: Based on the authors’ experiences in academe over seventy-five years, The Higher Education Scene in America: Some Observations discusses a number of issues that confront America’s higher education scene today. Those issue embrace such problems as: (1) the missions(s) of our colleges and universities and the development of critical thinking and/or employability; (2) the role of for-profit academic institutions; (3) the impact of online technology; (4) diffusion of power and achievement of consensus between administrators and faculty; (5) the importance of financial matters, embracing budgets, fundraising, and endowments; (6) the insidious problem of conflicts of interest; (7) the scandalous impact of big-time, big-money Division 1 sports on academe; (8) the growth of non-academic functions; and (9) the importance of leadership in consensual institutions and how leaders are chosen. (From the Publisher)