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The Road Ahead for America's Colleges and Universities (Hardcover)
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The Road Ahead for America's Colleges and Universities (Hardcover)
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The US higher education system is on the verge of a revolution, so
some observers claim. Archibald and Feldman, leading analysts,
provide an incisive overview of the challenges facing and
possibilities for America's universities and colleges in their
training future generations. And they demonstrate that our higher
education system is resilient and adaptable enough to weather the
internal, external, and technological threats without changing
campuses beyond recognition. The Road Ahead examines the threats
posed to the current health of higher education by rising tuition
and falling government support, as well as from new digital
technologies rippling through the entire economy. Some predict
disaster, pointing to high costs, exploding debt, and a digital
tsunami that supposedly will combine to disrupt and sweep away many
of the nation's higher education institutions, or change them
beyond recognition. Archibald and Feldman provide a more nuanced
view. They argue that the bundle of services that four-year
colleges and universities provide will retain its value for the
traditional age range of college students. Less certain, Archibald
and Feldman argue, is whether the system will continue to be a
force for social and economic opportunity. The threats are most
dire at schools that disproportionately serve America's most
underprivileged students. At the same time, growing income
inequality reduces the ability of many students and their families
to pay for higher education. Archibald and Feldman suggest a range
of policy options at the state and federal level that will help
America's higher education system continue to fulfill its promise.
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