| Description |
xi, 231 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: the diminishing of public purpose -- The lattice and the ratchet -- The admissions arms race -- On being mission centered and market smart -- To publish and perish -- A value proposition -- Thwarted innovation -- Who owns teaching? -- Making educational quality job one -- Not good enough -- Crafting a public agenda -- Dancing with change |
| Summary |
"Remaking the American University provides a penetrating analysis of the ways market forces have shaped and distorted the behaviors, purposes, and ultimately the missions of universities and colleges over the past half-century." "Can universities and colleges today still choose to be places of public purpose? In the answers they provide, both sobering and enlightening, the authors underscore a consistent and powerful lesson - academic institutions, cannot ignore the workings of the markets. The challenge ahead is to learn how to better use those markets for the greater public good."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
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Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Educational change -- United States.
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| Author |
Wegner, Gregory R., 1950-
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Massy, William F.
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| LC no. |
2004025321 |
| ISBN |
0813536243 hardback |
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