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Our Higher Calling - Rebuilding the Partnership between America and Its Colleges and Universities (Hardcover)
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Our Higher Calling - Rebuilding the Partnership between America and Its Colleges and Universities (Hardcover)
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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.
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