Colleges at the Crossroads - Taking Sides on Contested Issues (Paperback, New edition)

Focusing on crucial issues in higher education, this book challenges readers to go beyond taken-for-granted assumptions about America's colleges and universities and instead critically examine important questions facing them in today's troubled world. Each chapter presents divergent perspectives, that is, "pro" and "con" views, in the hope of stimulating reasoned dialogue among students, faculty, administrators, and the public at large. Readers will explore how internal factors in the academic community often interact with external social, economic, and political influences to produce conflictual results. They will see that academe is hardly value-neutral and inevitably political. This book urges them to transcend strident political persuasion and instead engage in the careful analysis needed to make colleges better. The text provides in-depth appraisal of key topics of controversy: the purposes of higher education, liberal education, academic freedom, political correctness, tenure, shared governance, faculty workload, admissions tests, student learning, Greek life, the worth of college, equity and social justice, athletics, student entitlement, technology and distance instruction, and college amenities. The book will appeal to students, faculty, staff, and all those interested in the future of higher education. It is especially useful for courses in contemporary issues in higher education, foundations of higher education, higher education and society, college student development, and the organization and administration of higher education.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Counterpoints, 517
Release date:	February 2018
First published:	2018
Editors:	Pietro A. Sasso • Joseph L Devitis
Dimensions:	225 x 150mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	524
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-3421-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > Curriculum planning & development Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > Examinations & assessment Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General
LSN:	1-4331-3421-7
Barcode:	9781433134210

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