Contemporary Issues In Higher Education

Author : Marybeth Gasman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429796099
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Issues in Higher Education written by Marybeth Gasman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest text in the Core Concepts in Higher Education series, this volume speaks to the complex dimensions that higher education scholars and educators need to understand about the shifting role of postsecondary education in the United States. Chapter authors clarify current issues affecting the field, and offer fresh perspectives articulating how policy, demographic, and institutional changes influence the everyday practices of those who work in higher education. This book explores macro perspectives affecting institutional decision-making and processes as well as students’ perspectives on campus—from colleges’ credentialing procedures to the current demographic changes in students’ enrollments, to students’ social identities. Guiding questions at the end of each chapter offer readers an opportunity to frame discussions in which they can engage and invite readers to consider avenues for future research and exploration. This is a valuable resource for graduate students, administrators, and researchers who seek to understand and improve the policies and contexts of higher education today.

Author : Brendan Bartram
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000212777
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Contemporary Issues in Higher Education written by Brendan Bartram and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful book offers a wide-ranging collection of lively discussions on contemporary issues, policies and practices in higher education. Bartram integrates contributions from experienced academics, teachers and students in a unique approach and structure, designed to enable students with both specific and wide-ranging interests in higher education to extend their understanding. Including discussion points, research tasks and suggestions on further reading in each chapter, Understanding Contemporary Issues in Higher Education discusses a range of topics, such as: universities and the mental health ‘crisis’; knowledge, the state and the market; the role of technology in teaching and academic celebrification; disability, diversity and inclusive placement learning. Written specifically for Education Studies students, this book constitutes a timely addition to student-focused themed studies looking at aspects of higher education.

Author : Ravichandran Ammigan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781736469934
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book COVID-19 and Higher Education in the Global Context written by Ravichandran Ammigan and published by . This book was released on 2021-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is to provide a critical reflection on the opportunities and challenges for internationalization and how tertiary education systems around the world learn from each other to address the new challenges of COVID-19. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1736469975/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=jis0f5-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1736469975&linkId=df84c79e7331f749f04fb0440247b7eb

Author : Anna Mountford-Zimdars
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317409574
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Access to Higher Education written by Anna Mountford-Zimdars and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do we understand and explain who has access to higher education? How do we make sense of persisting and new forms of inequality? How can global, national and institutional policymakers and practitioners make higher education more inclusive? Access to Higher Education: Theoretical perspectives and contemporary challenges seeks to update thinking on these questions, combining new voices and emerging perspectives with established writers in the field. This pioneering text highlights the contribution of social theory to issues of access to education, with chapters introducing and drawing on the works of key interdisciplinary thinkers including Pierre Bourdieu, Margaret Archer, Amartya Sen and Herbert Simon. It then moves to examines how theoretical perspectives can be applied to the contemporary challenges of forging more equal access, with examples drawn from a wide range of contexts, including the UK, the US, Australia, South Africa and Japan. Global in scope, this book documents the shared nature of the access challenge in a period when higher education is growing rapidly, but inequalities continue to be stark. It concludes by proposing a new direction for research and a reassertion of the role of the researcher as a social activist for disconnected and disadvantaged groups, equipped with the thinking tools needed to move the agenda forward. Access to Higher Education is a rigorous text for the global research community, with relevance to policymakers, practitioners and postgraduate students interested in social justice and social policy. It provides those with an academic interest in access and a commitment to enhancing policy with theoretical and practical ideas for moving the access agenda forward in their institutional, regional or national contexts.

Author : Brendan Bartram
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000211088
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Contemporary Issues in Higher Education written by Brendan Bartram and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful book offers a wide-ranging collection of lively discussions on contemporary issues, policies and practices in higher education. Bartram integrates contributions from experienced academics, teachers and students in a unique approach and structure, designed to enable students with both specific and wide-ranging interests in higher education to extend their understanding. Including discussion points, research tasks and suggestions on further reading in each chapter, Understanding Contemporary Issues in Higher Education discusses a range of topics, such as: universities and the mental health ‘crisis’; knowledge, the state and the market; the role of technology in teaching and academic celebrification; disability, diversity and inclusive placement learning. Written specifically for Education Studies students, this book constitutes a timely addition to student-focused themed studies looking at aspects of higher education.

Author : Richard Fossey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781565341685
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Issues in Higher Education Law written by Richard Fossey and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Users of the 2nd Edition, from 2011, have found the book a practical, all-in-one guide covering higher education law as it affects students, faculty and non-faculty employees, and administrators. The new edition provides a useful resource that reflects trends in the law, details current case law on a particular subject, and provides guidance on institutional policy for both public and private higher education institutions.This is an excellent text for courses in higher education law, providing board members, administrators, faculty, and students with a basis for informed decision making that will reduce the risk of liability through a preventive-law approach. The 3rd Edition contains a new chapter on religious colleges and universities, a complete listing of hundreds of cases cited, constitutional and federal statute references. Study questions and answers will be compiled in a separate guide for use by instructors.

Author : Jeffries, Rhonda
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522557253
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity in Contemporary Higher Education written by Jeffries, Rhonda and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-10-05 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important issues academic organizations face is how the administration and faculty handle cultural and varied differences in higher education. High racial tensions as well as the ever-increasing need for equality suggest that changes at the highest level are essential to move forward. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity in Contemporary Higher Education is an essential reference source that discusses the need for academic organizations to establish policy that is current, alive, and fluid by design, thereby supporting an ongoing examination of best practices with an overt commitment to continued improvement, as well as an influence for future leaders who will emerge from the ranks. Featuring research on topics such as campus climate, university administration, and academic policy, this book is ideally designed for educators, department chairs, guidance professionals, career counselors, administrators, and policymakers who are seeking coverage on designing curricula that impact college and university admissions readiness and success.

Author : Joseph Beckham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Issues in Higher Education Law written by Joseph Beckham and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John R. Thelin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rising Costs of Higher Education written by John R. Thelin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a clear, logical guide to an illogical topic, this book provides an easy-to-understand guide for anyone who wants to successfully navigate the labyrinth of going to college—and paying for the experience. 100 years ago, college tuition at prestigious Ivy League colleges such as Harvard and Brown was about $130 per year. Even when adjusted for inflation, today's cost of higher education has increased dramatically—to the point where a college education is shifting further out of reach for many Americans. This book explains the essential concepts in the debate regarding the staggering costs of higher education, supplying ten original essays by higher education policy experts, a lively historical narrative that provides context to current issues, and systematic guides to finding additional sources of information on the subject. Written from a historian's point of view, The Rising Costs of Higher Education: A Reference Handbook explains the economics of higher education in a manner that encourages readers to participate in the discussion on how to control ever-increasing tuition costs. Both college-bound students and parents will come to appreciate how complicated the problem of paying for college is, and grasp the crucial differences between "cost" and "price" in the specific economics of colleges and universities.

Author : John R. Thelin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000787621
Total Pages : 535 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Higher Education written by John R. Thelin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest book in the Core Concepts in Higher Education series brings to life issues of governance, organization, teaching and learning, student life, faculty, finances, college sports, public policy, fundraising and innovations in higher education today. Written by renowned author John R. Thelin, each chapter bridges research, theory and practice and discusses a range of institutions – including the often overlooked for-profits, community colleges and minority serving institutions. In the book’s second edition, Thelin analyzes growing trends in American higher education over the last five years, shedding light on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. He covers reconsideration of the rights of student-athletes, provides fresh analysis of the brick-and-mortar campus, and includes a new chapter exploring school admissions, recruitment and retention. Rich end-of-chapter "Additional Readings" and "Questions for Discussion" help engage students in critical thinking. A blend of stories and analysis, this book challenges present and future higher education practitioners to be informed and active participants, capable of improving their institutions.