The Higher Education Scene in America: Some Observations

Gitlow, Abraham; Gitlow, Howard

ISBN 10: 076186458X / ISBN 13: 9780761864585

Published by University Press of America, 2014

About this Item

Seller Inventory # I-9780761864585

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Higher Education Scene in America: Some Observations
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 076186458X
• ISBN 13: 9780761864585
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

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.