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The Academic Profession: The Professoriate in Crisis: 1 (Contemporary Higher Education) - Softcover

Book 1 of 4: Contemporary Higher Education
 
9781138965720: The Academic Profession: The Professoriate in Crisis: 1 (Contemporary Higher Education)

Synopsis

The purpose of this series is to bring together the main currents in today's higher education and examine such crucial issues as the changing nature of education in the U.S., the considerable adjustment demanded of institutions, administrators, the faculty; the role of Catholic education; the remarkable growth of higher education in Latin America, contemporary educational concerns in Europe, and more. Among the many specific questions examined in individual articles re: Is it true that women are subtly changing the academic profession? How is power concentrated in academic organizations? How successful are Latin America's private universities? What is the correlation between higher education and employment in Spain? Is minority graduate education in the U.S. producing the desired results?

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About the Author

Finkelstein, Martin J.; Altbach, Philip G.

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