Higher education in American society

Higher education in American society

Higher education in American society

Altbach

Philip G.

Altbach, Philip G.

Dept. of Educational Administration and Higher Education, Lynch School of Education

Editor

Editor

Berdahl

Robert Oliver

Berdahl, Robert Oliver

Editor

Editor

text

book

nyu Buffalo, N.Y. Prometheus Books c1981 1981 monographic

nyu

nyu

Buffalo, N.Y.

Buffalo, N.Y.

Prometheus Books

c1981

1981

monographic

eng

eng

print 326 p. ; 24 cm.

print

326 p. ; 24 cm.

Higher education in American society : an introduction / Robert O. Berdahl and Philip G. Altbach -- Part 1. The setting -- The university and the state : a historical overview / E.D. Duryea -- Autonomy and accountability : some fundamental issues / T.R. McConnell -- Academic freedom in delocalized academic institutions / Walter Metzer -- Political action, faculty autonomy and retrenchment : a decade of academic freedom, 1970-1980 / Sheila Slaughter -- Happenings on the way to the 1980s / Verne A. Stadtman -- Current and emerging issues facing American higher education / Clark Kerr and Marian Gade -- Part 2. External forces -- State government / John D. Millett -- The federal government and postsecondary education / Aims C. McGuinness Jr. -- The courts / Walter C. Hobbs -- Private constituencies and their impact on higher education / Fred F. Harcleroad -- Part 3. The academic community -- Stark realities : the academic profession in the 1980s / Philip G. Altbach -- The college student : a changing constituency / Arthur Levine -- Presidents and government boards / John W. Nason -- Stress and the academic dean / Donald J. McCarty and I. Philip Young -- Part 4. Concluding perspectives -- The insulated American : five lessons from abroad / Burton R. Clark -- Conclusion / Robert O. Berdahl and Philip G. Altbach.

edited by Philip G. Altbach and Robert O. Berdahl.

Bibliography: p. 309-322.

Also issued online.

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Education, Higher United States

Education, Higher

United States

Educational sociology United States

Educational sociology

United States

Enseignement supérieur États-Unis

Enseignement supérieur

États-Unis

Sociologie de l'éducation États-Unis

Sociologie de l'éducation

États-Unis

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