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A thorough evaluation and critique of higher education addressing the key problems confronting academia as demographics and goals shift into the millennium. Lucas (higher education, U. of Arkansas) overviews the present state of affairs, missions and goals, entrance standards, curriculum, and academic priorities and accountability, detailing a failed attempt to be everything to everyone and suggesting that the academy must reinvent itself to meet future challenges. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Christopher J. Lucas is Professor of Higher Education and Head of the Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling, and Foundations at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
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Crisis in the Academy : Rethinking Higher Education in America
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Palgrave Macmillan, 1996
ISBN 10: 031212936X
ISBN 13: 9780312129361
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