Our Higher Calling: Rebuilding the Partnership Between America and Its Colleges and Universities - Rilegato

Thorp, Holden; Goldstein, Buck

 
9781469646862: Our Higher Calling: Rebuilding the Partnership Between America and Its Colleges and Universities
Rilegato
ISBN 10: 1469646862 ISBN 13: 9781469646862
Casa editrice: Univ of North Carolina Pr, 2018

Sinossi

There is a growing sense of crisis and confusion about the purpose and sustainability of higher education in the United States. In the midst of this turmoil, students are frequently referred to as customers and faculty as employees, educational outcomes are increasingly measured in terms of hiring and salary metrics for graduates, and programs are assessed as profit and loss centers. Despite efforts to integrate business-oriented thinking and implement new forms of accountability in colleges and universities, Americans from all backgrounds are losing confidence in the nation's institutions of higher learning, and these institutions must increasingly confront what has proven to be an unsustainable business model. In Our Higher Calling, Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein draw on interviews with higher education thought leaders and their own experience, inside and outside the academy, to address these problems head on, articulating the challenges facing higher education and describing in pragmatic terms what can and cannot change--and what should and should not change. They argue that those with a stake in higher education must first understand a fundamental compact that has long been at the heart of the American system: a partnership wherein colleges and universities support the development of an educated and skilled citizenry and create new knowledge in exchange for stable public investment and a strong degree of autonomy to pursue research without undue external pressure. By outlining ways to restore this partnership, Thorp and Goldstein endeavor to start a conversation that paves the way for a solution to one of the country's most pressing problems.

Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.

Informazioni sull?autore

Holden Thorp is editor-in-chief for the Science family of journals. Buck Goldstein is Professor of the Practice and University Entrepreneur in Residence (Emeritus) in the Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.

Editore
Univ of North Carolina Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2018
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1469646862
ISBN 13 
9781469646862
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
191
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile