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Research and teaching constitute the core purposes of America's
research universities. The intellectual integrity of students' and
scholars' work rests upon an ethical foundation, requiring a
dedication to reasoned and civil dialogue, open minds, and reliance
on evidence as the basis for conclusions. America's Research
Universities discusses pressures and enticements that can undermine
and weaken the intellectual integrity and the health of the
universities themselves. Significant challenges include effective
institutional governance in a context of diffuse power centers;
financial solvency; security; housing; risk management; and
outsourcing other support and serviced functions. This book is
intended to increase understanding while helping our treasured
universities surmount the challenges ahead.
Based on the authors' experiences in academe over seventy-five
years, The Higher Education Scene in America: Some Observations
discusses a number of issues that confront America's higher
education scene today. Those issue embrace such problems as: (1)
the missions(s) of our colleges and universities and the
development of critical thinking and/or employability; (2) the role
of for-profit academic institutions; (3) the impact of online
technology; (4) diffusion of power and achievement of consensus
between administrators and faculty; (5) the importance of financial
matters, embracing budgets, fundraising, and endowments; (6) the
insidious problem of conflicts of interest; (7) the scandalous
impact of big-time, big-money Division 1 sports on academe; (8) the
growth of non-academic functions; and (9) the importance of
leadership in consensual institutions and how leaders are chosen.
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