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Author : Henry Pettus Randall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1794 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Students
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025689154
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1935
Category : Students
ISBN : MINN:31951T000244269
Author : Teresa Brawner Bevis,Christopher J. Lucas
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-15
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015073650569
Today more than half a million foreign students study in America's colleges and universities, significantly contributing to the U.S. economy. Despite its current success, international study was initially not an easy feat and the first students had to traverse oceans and continents at a time when transportation could be treacherous. Upon arrival they found few support services and were left to maneuver a foreign education system. International Students in American Colleges and Universities argues that the legacy of those trailblazers and of the thousands who followed is an important piece of American higher education history. This book traces their fascinating story from its roots--highlighting the individuals, students and policymakers who contributed to the rich history of international students in America.
Author : Ellen Schrecker
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780226200859
"Ellen Schrecker shows how universities shaped the 1960s, and how the 1960s shaped them. Teach-ins and walkouts-in institutions large and small, across both the country and the political spectrum-were only the first actions that came to redefine universities as hotbeds of unrest for some and handmaidens of oppression for others. The tensions among speech, education, and institutional funding came into focus as never before-and the reverberations remain palpable today"--
Author : Wendy Fischman,Howard Gardner
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780262547260
Why higher education in the United States has lost its way, and how universities and colleges can focus sharply on their core mission. For The Real World of College, Wendy Fischman and Howard Gardner analyzed in-depth interviews with more than 2,000 students, alumni, faculty, administrators, parents, trustees, and others, which were conducted at ten institutions ranging from highly selective liberal arts colleges to less-selective state schools. What they found challenged characterizations in the media: students are not preoccupied by political correctness, free speech, or even the cost of college. They are most concerned about their GPA and their resumes; they see jobs and earning potential as more important than learning. Many say they face mental health challenges, fear that they don’t belong, and feel a deep sense of alienation. Given this daily reality for students, has higher education lost its way? Fischman and Gardner contend that US universities and colleges must focus sharply on their core educational mission. Fischman and Gardner, both recognized authorities on education and learning, argue that higher education in the United States has lost sight of its principal reason for existing: not vocational training, not the provision of campus amenities, but to increase what Fischman and Gardner call “higher education capital”—to help students think well and broadly, express themselves clearly, explore new areas, and be open to possible transformations. Fischman and Gardner offer cogent recommendations for how every college can become a community of learners who are open to change as thinkers, citizens, and human beings.
Author : Yingyi Ma
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780231545563
Over the past decade, a wave of Chinese international undergraduate students—mostly self-funded—has swept across American higher education. From 2005 to 2015, undergraduate enrollment from China rose from under 10,000 to over 135,000. This privileged yet diverse group of young people from a changing China must navigate the complications and confusions of their formative years while bridging the two most powerful countries in the world. How do these students come to study in the United States? What does this experience mean to them? What does American higher education need to know and do in order to continue attracting these students and to provide sufficient support for them? In Ambitious and Anxious, the sociologist Yingyi Ma offers a multifaceted analysis of this new wave of Chinese students based on research in both Chinese high schools and American higher-education institutions. Ma argues that these students’ experiences embody the duality of ambition and anxiety that arises from transformative social changes in China. These students and their families have the ambition to navigate two very different educational systems and societies. Yet the intricacy and pressure of these systems generate a great deal of anxiety, from applying to colleges before arriving, to studying and socializing on campus, and to looking ahead upon graduation. Ambitious and Anxious also considers policy implications for American colleges and universities, including recruitment, student experiences, faculty support, and career services.
Author : Jeffrey Selingo
Publisher : Scribner
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781982116293
From award-winning higher education journalist and New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Selingo comes a revealing look from inside the admissions office—one that identifies surprising strategies that will aid in the college search. Getting into a top-ranked college has never seemed more impossible, with acceptance rates at some elite universities dipping into the single digits. In Who Gets In and Why, journalist and higher education expert Jeffrey Selingo dispels entrenched notions of how to compete and win at the admissions game, and reveals that teenagers and parents have much to gain by broadening their notion of what qualifies as a “good college.” Hint: it’s not all about the sticker on the car window. Selingo, who was embedded in three different admissions offices—a selective private university, a leading liberal arts college, and a flagship public campus—closely observed gatekeepers as they made their often agonizing and sometimes life-changing decisions. He also followed select students and their parents, and he traveled around the country meeting with high school counselors, marketers, behind-the-scenes consultants, and college rankers. While many have long believed that admissions is merit-based, rewarding the best students, Who Gets In and Why presents a more complicated truth, showing that “who gets in” is frequently more about the college’s agenda than the applicant. In a world where thousands of equally qualified students vie for a fixed number of spots at elite institutions, admissions officers often make split-second decisions based on a variety of factors—like diversity, money, and, ultimately, whether a student will enroll if accepted. One of the most insightful books ever about “getting in” and what higher education has become, Who Gets In and Why not only provides an unusually intimate look at how admissions decisions get made, but guides prospective students on how to honestly assess their strengths and match with the schools that will best serve their interests.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89066049941
Author : Kyle A. Long
Publisher : Global Perspectives on Higher
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Education
ISBN : 9004425756
The American public is losing trust in its higher education institutions. Americans are increasingly divided about the purposes of a college education, with opinions split along partisan lines. The country's higher education leaders have responded with a litany of conferences, op-eds, and commissions aimed at regaining the public trust. While these efforts are necessary and important, they are more likely to be successful if supplemented with a view from abroad. The independent American university abroad is the oldest and most successful expression of U.S. higher education outside the United States. First established by Protestant missionaries in the Ottoman Empire during the U.S. Civil War, American universities abroad have since spread across the globe. Many enjoy widespread popularity in their communities and bipartisan support in the U.S.0'The Emergence of the American University Abroad' explores the development of this model as a distinctive institutional form in the U.S. higher education landscape. It traces the long history of support by American private citizens, the U.S. government, and stateside colleges and universities for these overseas institutions, and shows how leaders of American universities abroad have periodically come together to make sense of their changing environments and strategically align their messaging with potential supporters.0The author demonstrates that what is most valuable about American higher education emerges clearly when it is practiced outside the United States. While discourse about higher education in the United States and around the world has shifted unequivocally toward its conceptualization as a private good, leaders of, and advocates for, American universities abroad have been remarkably consistent in promoting their public benefits. As such, study of these institutions represents a unique opportunity to reflect on underappreciated, yet essential features of American higher education.
Author : David W. Levy
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806181936
This book, the first in a projected three-volume definitive history, traces the University’s progress from territorial days to 1917. David W. Levy examines the people and events surrounding the school’s formation and development, chronicling the determined ambition of pioneers to transform a seemingly barren landscape into a place where a worthy institution of higher education could thrive. The University of Oklahoma was established by the territorial legislature in 1890. With that act, Norman became the educational center of the future state. Levy captures the many factors—academic, political, financial, religious—that shaped the University. Drawing on a great depth of research in primary documents, he depicts the University’s struggles to meet its goals as it confronted political interference, financial uncertainty, and troubles ranging from disastrous fires to populist witch hunts. Yet he also portrays determined teachers and optimistic students who understood the value of a college education. Written in an engaging style and enhanced by an array of historical photographs, this volume is a testimony to the citizens who overcame formidable obstacles to build a school that satisfied their ambitions and embodied their hopes for the future.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : College facilities
ISBN : UCR:31210024955518
Author : Ragina Singh, PhD
Publisher : Book Venture Publishing LLC
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781946250124
Top tier colleges, concentrated in U.S.A., are continuously looking for students with a strong academic record, good leadership skills, and the potential to innovate. In this comprehensive seven step guide, learn how to create a compelling resume that stands out.
Author : University of Michigan
Publisher : UM Libraries
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:49015003100493
Author : Lisa M. Nunn
Publisher : Critical Issues in American Ed
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Education
ISBN : 1978807651
College Belonging reveals how colleges' and universities' efforts to foster a sense of belonging in their students are misguided. Colleges bombard new students with the message to "get out there!" and "find your place" by joining student organizations, sports teams, clubs and the like. Nunn shows that this reflects a flawed understanding of what belonging is and how it works. Drawing on the sociological theories of Emile Durkheim, College Belonging shows that belonging is something that members of a community offer to each other. It is something that must be given, like a gift. Individuals cannot simply walk up to a group or community and demand belonging. That's not how it works. The group must extend a sense of belonging to each and every member. It happens by making a person feel welcome, to feel that their presence matters to the group, that they would be missed if they were gone. This critical insight helps us understand why colleges' push for students simply to "get out there!" does not always work.
Author : Terence Hicks,Douglas M. Butler,Mondrail Myrick
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780761871217
First-Generation College Student Research Studies offers uniquely designed chapters that are drawn from both quantitative and qualitative theoretical frameworks found in higher education. This edited volume is a must-read that contributes greatly to the research literature surrounding this student population.