The Higher Education Scene in America: Some Observations
Abraham Gitlow Howard Gitlow
ISBN 10: 076186458X ISBN 13: 9780761864585
Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2014
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Based on the authors' experiences in academe over seventy-five years, The Higher Education Scene in America: Some Observations discusses a number of issues that confront America's higher education scene today. Those issue embrace such problems as: (1) the missions(s) of our colleges and universities and the development of critical thinking and/or employability; (2) the role of for-profit academic institutions; (3) the impact of online technology; (4) diffusion of power and achievement of consensus between administrators and faculty; (5) the importance of financial matters, embracing budgets, fundraising, and endowments; (6) the insidious problem of conflicts of interest; (7) the scandalous impact of big-time, big-money Division 1 sports on academe; (8) the growth of non-academic functions; and (9) the importance of leadership in consensual institutions and how leaders are chosen.
About the Author:
Abraham L. Gitlow is emeritus dean and emeritus professor of economics in the Stern School of Business at New York University.
Howard S. Gitlow is professor of management science in the School of Business Administration at the University of Miami.
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Title: The Higher Education Scene in America: Some ...
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New