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Higher Education in the United States
James J. F. ForestKevin Kinser
其他書名
An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]
出版Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2002-06-21
主題Education / GeneralEducation / Schools / Levels / Higher
ISBN15760789659781576078969
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=rkTPEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Surveys the changing landscape of American higher education, from academic freedom to virtual universities, from campus crime to Pell Grants, from the Student Privacy Act to student diversity.

In the years following World War II, college and university enrollment doubled, students revolted, faculty unionized, and community colleges evolved. Tuition and technology soared, as did the number of first-generation, minority, and women students. These changes radically transformed the American system of postsecondary education.

Today, that system is in trouble. Its aging professoriate prepares for retirement, but low academic salaries can no longer attract the best minds to replace them. A flood of corporate dollars funds commercial research, but money for basic research—the seedbed of American scientific preeminence—has dried up. Colleges and universities also face heated competition with for-profit education providers for students, faculty, and external financial support, along with the costs of providing remedial education to growing numbers of students who are unprepared for postsecondary education. Higher Education in the United States provides a comprehensive analysis of these issues and others that scholars and practitioners of higher education study, discuss, and grapple with on a daily basis.