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American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century: Social, Political, and Economic Challenges
By Philip G. Altbach (editor), Patricia J. Gumport (editor) and Robert O. Berdahl (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Publication date January 1, 1999
Pages 484
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780801858888
ISBN-10 0801858887
Dimensions 1.25 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight 1.85 lbs.
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Original list price $58.00
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America's colleges and universities are social institutions -- embedded in the wider society and subject in various ways to its constraining forces. In American Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century, researchers who share this understanding explore the new realities of higher education and consider its greatest challenges for the next century.

Subject to increasing scrutiny by the media and the public, colleges and universities must wrestle with a wide range of issues generated by their various external constituencies. Academic leaders rearrange their curricula to meet demands for multiculturalism. They seek an appropriate response as race-based admissions procedures come under attack. They assess student learning and monitor faculty productivity--while simultaneously responding to calls for the end of tenure and for explanations of why the cost of attending college has risen so dramatically.

Using the changing social, political, and economic contexts of colleges and universities as a lens for examining these complex issues, the contributors seek to understand the forces -- whether unique to our era or rooted in the past -- that currently influence higher education and will continue to do so in the next century. Whether discussing finance or technology or academic freedom or the canon, the authors find that relations between academic institutions and their surrounding societies have generally been ambivalent: both involved and withdrawn, servicing and criticizing, needing and being needed. Understanding the complex interplay between institutions and external forces, they conclude, is the key to guiding the endeavors of faculty, students, and administrative leaders alike.



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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780801858888 Book cover for 9780801899058 Book cover for 9781421419893
 
With Michael N. Bastedo (other contributor) | 4th edition from Johns Hopkins Univ Pr (February 4, 2016)
9781421419893 | details & prices | 559 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.50 in. | 1.95 lbs | List price $69.95
This edition also contains American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century: Social, Political, and Economic Challenges
3 edition from Johns Hopkins Univ Pr (April 12, 2011)
9780801899058 | details & prices | 511 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.80 lbs | List price $60.00
This edition also contains American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century: Social, Political, and Economic Challenges
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from Johns Hopkins Univ Pr (January 1, 1999)
9780801858888 | details & prices | 484 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.85 lbs | List price $58.00
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Paperback
Book cover for 9780801899065 Book cover for 9781421419909
 
With Michael N. Bastedo (other contributor) | 4th edition from Johns Hopkins Univ Pr (February 8, 2016)
9781421419909 | details & prices | 559 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.11 lbs | List price $32.95
This edition also contains American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century: Social, Political, and Economic Challenges
3 edition from Johns Hopkins Univ Pr (April 8, 2011)
9780801899065 | details & prices | 511 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.55 lbs | List price $29.95
This edition also contains American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century: Social, Political, and Economic Challenges

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