The Shaping of American Higher Education: Emergence and Growth of the Contemporary System (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education) Yesterday's practices underlie today's problems even as the system continues evolving.Reading history, says Arthur Cohen, is essential for those who would reform higher education. How has this evolut
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| Title | : | The Shaping of American Higher Education: Emergence and Growth of the Contemporary System (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.90 (586 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0787910295 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 1998-11-06 |
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Editorial : "The reader may find the title of this excellent volume too modest for the rich presentation of American educational history it offers. Much more than a shaping of that historical record, the educational facts presented gain a special resonance from the richness of the social and economic background against which the history unfolds." --Change
"This overview is a well-organized, highly readable account which will serve nicely as a background for further specialized study." --The Journal of Academic Librarianship
"A magnum opus--in size, in topics and issues covered, in literature mastered. a well written, smooth flowing, balanced comment." --Clark Kerr, president emeritus, University of California
"I've been waiting for this book for more than a decade. The highly regarded histories of American higher education have become badly dated. They ignore the last quarter century when American higher education was transformed. Arthur Cohen does the nation's
Reading history, says Arthur Cohen, is essential for those who would reform higher education.
From the earliest American colleges, debates have ranged over familiar issues in higher education: curriculum changes, faculty selection and review, student admissions, and institutional funding. Yesterday's practices underlie today's problems even as the system continues evolving. How has this evolution taken place? And to what degree have things changed or remained the same?
In The Shaping of American Higher Education, Cohen combines historical perspective with in-depth coverage of current events to provide an authoritative, comprehensive account of the history of higher education in the United States. From the colonial era to the present day--and with particular attention to the past 50 years--the book tracks trends in student access, faculty professionalization, curricular expansion, institutional growth, secular governance, public finance, research, and outcomes, p
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