Colleges at the Crossroads
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Colleges at the Crossroads

Taking Sides on Contested Issues

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Colleges at the Crossroads

Taking Sides on Contested Issues

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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.

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Yes, you can access Colleges at the Crossroads by Joseph L. DeVitis, Pietro A. Sasso, Joseph L. DeVitis, Pietro A. Sasso in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Education Theory & Practice. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Year
2018
ISBN
9781433145803
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education Theory & Practice

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. List of Charts, Figures, Tables
  4. Introduction (Joseph L. DeVitis / Pietro A. Sasso)
  5. Part One: What Should Be the Purposes of Higher Education?
  6. Part Two: Should Liberal Education Be Modified?
  7. Part Three: Is Academic Freedom Still Necessary?
  8. Part Four: Should Tenure Be Abolished?
  9. Part Five: Is Higher Education Stifling Free Expression in an Era of Political Correctness?
  10. Part Six: What Has Higher Education Done About Inclusion and Social Justice?
  11. Part Seven: What Should Be the Roles of Faculty?
  12. Part Eight: What Should Be the Roleof Faculty in SharedGovernance?
  13. Part Nine: How Much Are College Students Learning?
  14. Part Ten: Can Technology and Distance Instruction Save Higher Education?
  15. Part Eleven: Should Standardized Tests Be Given More or Less Weight in College Admissions?
  16. Part Twelve: Is College Worth the Cost?
  17. Part Thirteen: Are Colleges Spending Too Much on Amenities?
  18. Part Fourteen: Are Today’s College Students Too Entitled?
  19. Part Fifteen: Are Fraternities and Sororities Still Relevant in Higher Education?
  20. Part Sixteen: Can College Athletics and Academics Coexist?
  21. Contributors