Higher Education and Society (Hardcover, New edition)

Higher education and society are becoming increasingly intertwined. Both act as a transmitter of culture, yet many colleges and universities also ideally seek to create a more perfectible society and more enlightened, engaged citizens. When the connections between social structures and post-secondary education are closely entangled, the university's aims can take on a contentious struggle for identity in a vexing web of competing external interests - especially in light of scarce economic resources, corporate pressures, technological questions, and globalizing trends. Higher Education and Society weighs the urgent question of how society and higher education influence each other. How the latter responds to that unsettled issue may well determine whether colleges and universities chart a more self-reflective path or one of rising deference to societal contingencies. This book is essential for all those who study and work in today's colleges - and for all those who seek a better education for their children, the nation, and the world. It is especially recommended for courses in higher education and society, contemporary issues in higher education, the philosophy of higher education, academic issues in higher education, leadership in higher education, and globalization and higher education. The book is also useful for the preparation of faculty development programs in colleges and universities.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2015
First published:	2016
Editors:	Joseph L Devitis • Pietro A. Sasso
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	310
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-2871-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Colleges of further education Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Adult education Promotions
LSN:	1-4331-2871-3
Barcode:	9781433128714

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