American higher education : issues and institutions /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thelin, John R., 1947- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Series:Core concepts in higher education.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: higher education inside and out
  • Bricks and mortar: creating the American campus
  • Teaching and learning
  • Students and student life
  • Faculty and the academic profession
  • Governance and organization: structures and cultures
  • Fiscal fitness: budgets and finances
  • Intercollegiate athletics: higher education's peculiar institution
  • Public policies: the campus and federal, state, and local governments
  • Fund raising and philanthropy: the nonprofit sector
  • Research and development: the enterprising campus
  • Colleges and consumerism: cost and price of higher education
  • Innovations and internationalizations in american higher education
  • Conclusion: beyond business as usual.