Higher Education in Transition

by Losco, Joseph

• ISBN13: 9780897896375
• ISBN10: 0897896378
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-30
• Publisher: Praeger Pub Text

Summary

Because in the last few decades higher education has attempted to extend both its reach and scope despite the finite nature of resources at its disposal, the new millennium will mark a time when colleges and universities must clearly delimit and prioritize their goals. This volume is a call to educators, parents, and taxpayers alike to enter into a dialogue about the future directions of higher education that they are willing to support. The role of higher education in a high-tech, interdependent world economy has never been more important than it is today. Yet, never before has its future been so cloudy. Changes in the nature of the student population, tuition increases that consistently outpace the cost of living, increasing conflict between faculty and administration personnel, attacks on tenure, the professionalization of collegiate sports, and political attacks and threats to state funding are all transforming an institution in ways that are, as yet, uncertain at best. This volume reviews the source and impact of change on today's colleges and universities. Leading scholars contribute chapters on specific aspects of collegiate life and the way internal and external forces are changing the scope and function of higher education.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(6)
The American College Student: Three Decades of Change	7	(22)
Alexander W. Astin
The Changing Role of Faculty	29	(22)
Gary Rhoades
Higher Education Spending: Assessing Policy Priorities	51	(32)
Joseph Losco
Brian L. Fife
The Higher Education Policy Arena: The Rise and Fall of a Community	83	(26)
Michael D. Parsons
Past and Future Pressures and Issues of Higher Education: State Perspectives	109	(24)
Cheryl D. Lovell
The Professionalization of College Sports	133	(26)
Richard G. Sheehan
Administering the Modern University	159	(18)
Richard L. Pattenaude
Desegregation and Diversity in Higher Education	177	(12)
Reginald Wilson
Technology in Higher Education: Issues for the New Millennium	189	(24)
Karen Hardy Cardenas
Index	213	(8)
About the Editors and Contributors	221