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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.
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.
America's undergraduates truly represent a mind-boggling diversity.
Today's College Students: A Reader looks at a wide variety of
student groups and identities, which sets it apart from other texts
on contemporary college students that do not cover such a broad
spectrum. The editors and contributors also invite students, their
instructors, and other college/university practitioners to be
mindful of the crucial, yet sometimes overlooked, connection
between extra-curricular campus activities and learning. Sustaining
educational moments throughout the undergraduate experience, in and
out of the classroom, is why colleges exist. This volume thus
reminds us that both social interaction and individual critical
reflection are vital collegiate processes, especially in an age of
consumerism and the McDonaldization of higher education.
Ultimately, the text seeks to reinforce and augment the rich
diversity that can make college more rewarding for us all. It is
especially useful for courses devoted to today's college students
and diversity, the multicultural university, college student
development, and student affairs administration.
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.
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.
The Dynamic Student Development Metatheodel (DSDM) is a meta-theory
based on empirically based inferences drawn from a national survey
entitled the University Learning Outcomes Assessment (UniLOA). The
UniLOA's current dataset consists of over 500,000 college student
participants and has supported impressive findings that allow for
the reconceptualization of long-held cultural artifacts and
assumptions regarding the way students grow, learn, and develop
(GLD) and how decision makers within postsecondary education have
selected to engage the domains of student development measured by
the UniLOA. This book champions a model of student success. The
DSDM was developed from common factors identified in multiple
theories and models within the areas of human and student
development as well as empirically based theories and models of
education. By first defining complementary elements within the
theories and models then establishing accurate operational
definitions, the planning and engagement of appropriate services,
supports, interventions, and programs (SSIPs) and the active
assessment of their outcomes can lead to a more effective response
to current challenges faced by higher educators. As a metamodel,
the DSDM reconceptualizes student success within higher education
that is disruptive to the current accepted paradigm of student
learning and engagement. This book is intended for faculty and
staff interested in critical debate about issues in higher
education and for deliberation by graduate students in college
administration programs.
The Dynamic Student Development Metatheodel (DSDM) is a meta-theory
based on empirically based inferences drawn from a national survey
entitled the University Learning Outcomes Assessment (UniLOA). The
UniLOA's current dataset consists of over 500,000 college student
participants and has supported impressive findings that allow for
the reconceptualization of long-held cultural artifacts and
assumptions regarding the way students grow, learn, and develop
(GLD) and how decision makers within postsecondary education have
selected to engage the domains of student development measured by
the UniLOA. This book champions a model of student success. The
DSDM was developed from common factors identified in multiple
theories and models within the areas of human and student
development as well as empirically based theories and models of
education. By first defining complementary elements within the
theories and models then establishing accurate operational
definitions, the planning and engagement of appropriate services,
supports, interventions, and programs (SSIPs) and the active
assessment of their outcomes can lead to a more effective response
to current challenges faced by higher educators. As a metamodel,
the DSDM reconceptualizes student success within higher education
that is disruptive to the current accepted paradigm of student
learning and engagement. This book is intended for faculty and
staff interested in critical debate about issues in higher
education and for deliberation by graduate students in college
administration programs.
Student Activism in the Academy: Its Struggles and Promise is a
wide-ranging, provocative survey of student activism in America's
colleges and universities that critically analyzes the contentious
problems and progress of a movement that has stirred public
reaction in and out of academe. Its fundamental purpose is to
engage diverse publics in both reasoned and passionate reflection
and soul searching on vital issues that surround campus protest.
Thus, the essays in this volume respect the need to consider how to
weigh freedom, fairness, safety, and protection inside and outside
the walls of ivy. Their authors ponder the big picture of student
activism, including: strategies for student activism the role of
social media and technology legal questions on campus speech the
dilemmas of political correctness generational differences among
student activists and various forms of student protest related to
race, class, gender, and disabilities. Both professional and
student voices prompt us to better comprehend academic realities
with more hope and wisdom. Administrators, faculty, students, and
student life personnel in higher education-indeed, all those
interested in today's colleges and universities--will want to
participate in the timely and productive dialogue within these
pages.
Student Activism in the Academy: Its Struggles and Promise is a
wide-ranging, provocative survey of student activism in America's
colleges and universities that critically analyzes the contentious
problems and progress of a movement that has stirred public
reaction in and out of academe. Its fundamental purpose is to
engage diverse publics in both reasoned and passionate reflection
and soul searching on vital issues that surround campus protest.
Thus, the essays in this volume respect the need to consider how to
weigh freedom, fairness, safety, and protection inside and outside
the walls of ivy. Their authors ponder the big picture of student
activism, including: strategies for student activism the role of
social media and technology legal questions on campus speech the
dilemmas of political correctness generational differences among
student activists and various forms of student protest related to
race, class, gender, and disabilities. Both professional and
student voices prompt us to better comprehend academic realities
with more hope and wisdom. Administrators, faculty, students, and
student life personnel in higher education-indeed, all those
interested in today's colleges and universities--will want to
participate in the timely and productive dialogue within these
pages.
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