Get Real: 49 Challenges Confronting Higher Education

Autor/in	Tierney, William G.
Titel	Get Real: 49 Challenges Confronting Higher Education
Quelle	(2020), (240 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-4384-8127-2
Schlagwörter	College Role; Outcomes of Education; Proprietary Schools; Attendance; Diversity; Social Bias; College Students; College Faculty; College Attendance; College Readiness; Reading Skills; Writing Skills; Mathematics Skills; Academic Freedom; Freedom of Speech; Tenure; Minority Group Teachers; Paying for College; Cost Effectiveness; Student Employment; Governance; Participative Decision Making; College Presidents; Leadership; Debt (Financial); Higher Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Anwesenheit; Collegestudent; Fakultät; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Akademische Freiheit; Redefreiheit; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Studienfinanzierung; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Studentenarbeit; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; College president; Hochschulpräsident; Führung; Führungsposition; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	Higher education always seems to be in crisis. Governments, foundations, professional associations, and the occasional scornful professor all tend to lament one or another problem plaguing America's colleges and universities. The more apocalyptic claims state that the United States is a "nation at risk," that our students' minds have been closed, or that radical faculty have run amok and are brainwashing our youth. In "Get Real," William G. Tierney, a leading scholar of higher education, cuts through this noise, drawing on his experience and expertise to provide a thought-provoking overview of the many challenges confronting higher education and how to deal with them. In forty-nine short, engaging essays, he aims not to stoke the flames of controversy or promote a particular stance but to provoke creative, forward-looking public discussion about what higher education could and should look like in the twenty-first century. Tierney clearly distills and offers his take on critical issues--from diversity and free speech to the rise of for-profit colleges and student debt--but the goal is always to give readers the background and tools to form their own opinions. Written in a conversational tone and laced with personal anecdotes, "Get Real" is informed by scholarly literature without being weighed down by it and includes suggestions for further reading. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01