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, c2004.
- xvi, 284 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
0787969729 (alk. paper)
2004006400
GBA4-Y2171
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States. Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States. Educational change--United States.