Our Higher Calling
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A01=Buck Goldstein
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America's Expectations ofColleges and Universities
Are America's Colleges and UniversitiesOut of Touch?
Author_Buck Goldstein
Author_Holden Thorp
Can America's Colleges and Universities Compete?
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Challenges of Higher Education (in America)
Challenges ofFaculty Recruiting
Changing Demands of Higher Education
Diversity and the Future of America's Colleges and Universities
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Expectations of aCollege Degree
Faculty
Faculty Autonomy
Future of American Colleges and Universities
Higher Education in America
Is Tuition Worth It?
Management of American Universities
Misconceptions in Higher Education
Rebuilding Partnerships in Higher Education
Should Americans Go to College?
Students and Administration in Higher Education
Surprising Facts about Higher Education (in America)
Survival of American Colleges and Universities
Value of College Degree
Value of Tuition
Why Americans Goto College
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- ISBN 9781469646862
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 160 x 238mm
- Publication Date: 10 Sep 2018
- Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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There is a growing sense of crisis and confusion about the purpose and sustainability of higher education in the United States. In the midst of this turmoil, students are frequently referred to as customers and faculty as employees, educational outcomes are increasingly measured in terms of hiring and salary metrics for graduates, and programs are assessed as profit and loss centers. Despite efforts to integrate business-oriented thinking and implement new forms of accountability in colleges and universities, Americans from all backgrounds are losing confidence in the nation's institutions of higher learning, and these institutions must increasingly confront what has proven to be an unsustainable business model. In Our Higher Calling, Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein draw on interviews with higher education thought leaders and their own experience, inside and outside the academy, to address these problems head on, articulating the challenges facing higher education and describing in pragmatic terms what can and cannot change-and what should and should not change. They argue that those with a stake in higher education must first understand a fundamental compact that has long been at the heart of the American system: a partnership wherein colleges and universities support the development of an educated and skilled citizenry and create new knowledge in exchange for stable public investment and a strong degree of autonomy to pursue research without undue external pressure. By outlining ways to restore this partnership, Thorp and Goldstein endeavor to start a conversation that paves the way for a solution to one of the country's most pressing problems.
Holden Thorp is provost and Rita Levi-Montalcini Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of Engines of Innovation, now in its second edition.
Buck Goldstein is Professor of the Practice and University Entrepreneur in Residence in the Department of Economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Engines of Innovation, now in its second edition.
Buck Goldstein is Professor of the Practice and University Entrepreneur in Residence in the Department of Economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Engines of Innovation, now in its second edition.
