Saving Higher Education

Author : Martin J. Bradley,Robert H. Seidman,Steven R. Painchaud
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780470888193

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Saving Higher Education by Martin J. Bradley,Robert H. Seidman,Steven R. Painchaud Pdf

Colleges and universities are under pressure from the government, students, and parents to make higher education more efficient and cost-effective. Based on Southern New Hampshire University's highly successful competency-based three-year bachelors degree program—the longest running in the country—this book provides a blueprint for creating, sustaining, and growing such a program at an institution of any type and size. The book offers a proven model that not only cuts student costs by 25%, but significantly reduces program delivery costs. The 120-credit six-semester competency-based integrated curriculum approach focuses on student learning as opposed to “seat-time,” and research shows above average academic student success.

Author : James Engell,Anthony Dangerfield
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 081392331X

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Saving Higher Education in the Age of Money by James Engell,Anthony Dangerfield Pdf

The new status of money -- Prestige, money, and the ends of higher education -- Learning for dollars -- Humanities and the market-model university -- The destruction of reading -- Means and ends, signs and symbols -- Packaging ethics -- Leading the self into the world -- Science, art, and democracy : a partnership -- The higher utility

Author : Nancy Folbre
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781458732064

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Saving State U by Nancy Folbre Pdf

Once upon a time, students who were willing and able to work hard could obtain an affordable, high-quality education at a public university. Those times are gone. Intensified admissions competition coupled with opposition to public spending has scorched every campus. Budget cuts, tuition hikes, and debt burdens are undermining the best path to upward mobility that this country ever built.But despite all of this, Americans still embrace ideals of equal opportunity and know that higher education represents a public good. Students, faculty, staff, and advocates are beginning to build political coalitions and develop new strategies to improve access, enhance quality, and simplify financial aid. This book celebrates and will fortify their efforts.In Saving State U, economist Nancy Folbre brings the national debates of education experts down to the level of trying to teach-and trying to learn-at major state universities whose budgets have repeatedly been slashed, restored, and then slashed again. Here is a brilliant firsthand account of the stakes involved, the politics, and the key debates raging through public campuses today. In a passionate, accessible voice, Folbre also offers a sobering vision of the many possible futures of public higher education and their links to the fate of our democracy while looking at the practical ways in which change is now possible.

Author : Jeffrey R. Docking,Carman C. Curton
Publisher : MSU Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781628951332

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Crisis in Higher Education by Jeffrey R. Docking,Carman C. Curton Pdf

In 2005 Adrian College was home to 840 enrolled students and had a tuition income of $8.54 million. By fall of 2011, enrollment had soared to 1,688, and tuition income had increased to $20.45 million. For the first time in years, the small liberal arts college was financially viable. Adrian College experienced this remarkable growth during the worst American economy in seventy years and in a state ravaged by the decline of the big three auto companies. How, exactly, did this turnaround happen? Crisis in Higher Education: A Plan to Save Small Liberal Arts Colleges in America was written to facilitate replication and generalization of Adrian College’s tremendous enrollment growth and retention success since 2005. This book directly addresses the economic competitiveness of small four-year institutions of higher education and presents an evidence-based solution to the enrollment and economic crises faced by many small liberal arts colleges throughout the country.

Author : Andrew Delbanco
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780691246383

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College by Andrew Delbanco Pdf

The strengths and failures of the American college, and why liberal education still matters As the commercialization of American higher education accelerates, more and more students are coming to college with the narrow aim of obtaining a preprofessional credential. The traditional four-year college experience—an exploratory time for students to discover their passions and test ideas and values with the help of teachers and peers—is in danger of becoming a thing of the past. In College, prominent cultural critic Andrew Delbanco offers a trenchant defense of such an education, and warns that it is becoming a privilege reserved for the relatively rich. In describing what a true college education should be, he demonstrates why making it available to as many young people as possible remains central to America's democratic promise. In a brisk and vivid historical narrative, Delbanco explains how the idea of college arose in the colonial period from the Puritan idea of the gathered church, how it struggled to survive in the nineteenth century in the shadow of the new research universities, and how, in the twentieth century, it slowly opened its doors to women, minorities, and students from low-income families. He describes the unique strengths of America’s colleges in our era of globalization and, while recognizing the growing centrality of science, technology, and vocational subjects in the curriculum, he mounts a vigorous defense of a broadly humanistic education for all. Acknowledging the serious financial, intellectual, and ethical challenges that all colleges face today, Delbanco considers what is at stake in the urgent effort to protect these venerable institutions for future generations.

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Taxation
Publisher : DIANE Publishing Inc.
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : UCR:31210011017322

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Analysis of Proposed Tax and Savings Incentives for Higher Education by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Taxation Pdf

Author : Erica Rosenfeld Halverson
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807765722

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How the Arts Can Save Education by Erica Rosenfeld Halverson Pdf

"A comprehensive look at how the arts (broadly conceived) can improve teaching, learning, and curriculum for all students, written in accessible language for non-academics and non-experts. It contains many evocative examples to illustrate the power of the arts to change education"--

Author : Howard L. Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780313362750

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Taking Back the Tower by Howard L. Smith Pdf

Academia is in trouble. Taxpayers are fed up with the enormous expenses associated with public universities, as well as administrators whose strategies and goals are fuzzy at best and destructive at worst. Parents worry about how they will find the wherewithal to send their offspring to college. Employers question the ability of new graduates and degree holders to write or reason lucidly. And everyone (except entrenched faculty members) questions the practice of tenure, which generally creates an incentive for mediocrity. Meanwhile, academic authorities responsible for managing our august institutions of higher education pontificate about the problems without delivering meaningful solutions. But meaningful solutions do exist, and this book explains them in depth. Taking Back the Tower, a compendium of no-nonsense, management-oriented lessons and prescriptions for the academy, will go a long way toward restoring the respect our colleges and universities deserve. Taking Back the Tower focuses squarely on bringing common sense to higher education by urging creative thinking, especially out-of-the-box approaches, in promoting change. It offers numerous solutions, many of which will be seen as quite controversial by the establishment. Smith outlines how to overcome resistance to change, lead more effectively, demand accountability for performance, manage resources for the highest return, remain firm with tuition payers and donors when warranted, manage costs to help keep the price of an education contained, and much more. The secret is in managing the few key variables that will have the biggest impact on overall results. The ideas are wholly practical and much less philosophical than those in most books on the subject. Following them will help schools improve results across the board. Smith's decades of experience as both a teacher and administrator in academia, as well as a consultant for many public and private-sector organizations, make him the perfect author for this book. Moreover, his insights, coupled with the many enlightening and entertaining examples (all true) will capture the attention of readers and help them understand why change must come—and why it must be radical.

Author : Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421440057

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Generous Thinking by Kathleen Fitzpatrick Pdf

Meditating on how and why we teach the humanities, Generous Thinking is an audacious book that privileges the ability to empathize and build rather than simply tear apart.

Author : Melvyn L. Fein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351494403

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Redefining Higher Education by Melvyn L. Fein Pdf

Higher education is in trouble. Commentators of all stripes bemoan escalating costs and diminishing quality. Solutions have been offered from all quarters, but tend to be piecemeal and all too often ideological. In this tough-minded look at the history, current climate, and future of university education in the United States, Melvyn L. Fein re-examines the mission of higher education and outlines what institutions can do to better prepare students for an ever more complex techno-commercial society. Fein argues that students must have the opportunity to explore and discover what works for them, and that the most important tool for institutions of higher education is self-direction. Professors must be allowed to teach in their own ways, bringing their own experience into the classroom. Since university missions differ, both universities and professors need the freedom to make decisions independently. The imminent need is for a "democratic elite" consisting of self-directed leaders who possess technical and social expertise, as well as personal motivation. The tools for change are appropriate curricula, communities of learners, and a genuine marketplace of ideas. While there is no magic bullet, Fein contends that we can and should build on the achievements of the past so as to evolve more responsive educational institutions-those that promote merit, responsibility, and universalism.

Author : WILLIAM. GRISCOM
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798350936

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HOW TO SAVE HIGHER EDUCATION. by WILLIAM. GRISCOM Pdf

Author : Sara Goldrick-Rab
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780226404486

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Paying the Price by Sara Goldrick-Rab Pdf

A “bracing and well-argued” study of America’s college debt crisis—“necessary reading for anyone concerned about the fate of American higher education” (Kirkus). College is far too expensive for many people today, and the confusing mix of federal, state, institutional, and private financial aid leaves countless students without the resources they need to pay for it. In Paying the Price, education scholar Sara Goldrick-Rab reveals the devastating effect of these shortfalls. Goldrick-Rab examines a study of 3,000 students who used the support of federal aid and Pell Grants to enroll in public colleges and universities in Wisconsin in 2008. Half the students in the study left college without a degree, while less than 20 percent finished within five years. The cause of their problems, time and again, was lack of money. Unable to afford tuition, books, and living expenses, they worked too many hours at outside jobs, dropped classes, took time off to save money, and even went without adequate food or housing. In many heartbreaking cases, they simply left school—not with a degree, but with crippling debt. Goldrick-Rab combines that data with devastating stories of six individual students, whose struggles make clear the human and financial costs of our convoluted financial aid policies. In the final section of the book, Goldrick-Rab offers a range of possible solutions, from technical improvements to the financial aid application process, to a bold, public sector–focused “first degree free” program. "Honestly one of the most exciting books I've read, because [Goldrick-Rab has] solutions. It's a manual that I'd recommend to anyone out there, if you're a parent, if you're a teacher, if you're a student."—Trevor Noah, The Daily Show

Author : James E. Côté,Anton Allahar
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781442642218

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Lowering Higher Education by James E. Côté,Anton Allahar Pdf

A history of a mission adrift : the idea of the university subverted -- Stakeholder relations : the educational forum -- Standards : schools without scholarship? -- Universities : crisis, what crisis? -- Students : is disengagement inevitable? -- Technologies : will they save the day? -- Recommendations and conclusions : our stewardship of the system.

Author : Noam H. Arzt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429826108

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The Business of Higher Education by Noam H. Arzt Pdf

Originally published in 1995, The Business of Higher Education focuses on innovation in student financial services. It looks at the area of banking function as a tool for colleges and universities, and how this can be used to meet the market demand for new services. It also addresses how this can be used to balance the financial aid budget. The book documents just how much each colleges and universities have changed over the last decade and how each has changed given that market forces increasingly shape institutional aspirations.

Author : Kenneth S. Goodman
Publisher : RDR Books
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 1571431020

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Saving Our Schools by Kenneth S. Goodman Pdf

"Saving Our Schools exposes the ugly side of President George Bush's "No Child Left Behind" mandate, which has threatened to close more than 6,000 public schools, to the detriment of dedicated teachers and disadvantaged children alike. Revealing how NCLB forces schools with strictly limited resources to teach its children test-taking skills in a desperate bid to pass high-stakes standardized testing, and how the government blacklists successful professors, institutions, and methods that balk the NCLB party line, and much more, Saving Our Schools warns of an immediate threat to the integrity of public education and urges the reader to take action. An eye-opening social commentary, of keen importance in determining the nation's future. -Midwest Book Review