"Whatever It Is, I'm against It": Resistance to Change in Higher Education

Autor/in	Rosenberg, Brian
Titel	"Whatever It Is, I'm against It": Resistance to Change in Higher Education
Quelle	(2023) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monografie
ISBN	978-1-68253-828-9
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Higher Education; Educational Change; Resistance to Change; Barriers; Entrepreneurship; Paying for College; Access to Education; Equal Education; Educational Development; Universities; Declining Enrollment; Costs; Reputation; School Schedules; Grading; Student Centered Learning; Experiential Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsreform; Unternehmungsgeist; Studienfinanzierung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bildungsentwicklung; University; Universität; Cost; Kosten; Schulzeiteinteilung; Notengebung; Schulnote; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen
Abstract	In "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It," president emeritus of Macalester College Brian Rosenberg draws on decades of higher education experience to expose the entrenched structures, practices, and cultures that inhibit meaningful postsecondary reform, even as institutions face serious challenges to their financial and educational models. A lively insider's account, the book pinpoints factors that hinder the ability of U.S. colleges and universities to be creative and entrepreneurial amid calls to improve affordability, access, and equity for students. Through pithy personal stories of divisive town hall meetings, multiyear college governance battles, and attempts at curricular reform, Rosenberg illustrates internal and external dynamics that impede institutional evolution. Pressures such as declining enrollment, escalating costs, and an oversupply of PhDs in academia have long signaled a grave need for reform within a profession that, as Rosenberg ruefully acknowledges, lacks organizational flexibility, depends greatly on reputation and ranking, and retains traditions, from the academic calendar to grading systems, that have remained essentially the same for decades. Rosenberg looks outside the U.S. system to find possible antidotes in innovative higher education models such as student-centered and experiential learning approaches. This thought-provoking work offers ample evidence for presidents, chancellors, deans, provosts, and faculty to consider as they plan their missions to achieve institutional transformation. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01