A Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

A Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

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Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 160

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Statistics classifying American colleges and universities according to their educational functions and missions are included. Rather than creating a hierarchy, this information groups institutions by shared characteristics. Changes in higher education are portrayed, and a continued growth in institutions of higher education is noted. There are tables with enrollment data and definitions of institutions of higher education. Statistics are given for doctorate-granting institutions (research universities I and II and doctorate-granting colleges and universities I and II); comprehensive universities and colleges I and II; liberal arts colleges I and II; two-year community, junior, and technical colleges; and a variety of specialized institutions (religion and theology, medical schools, other health professions, engineering and technology, business and management, law schools, teachers colleges, corporate-sponsored colleges, art, music, and design). Information is provided on the state in which each institution is located and the status of the institution (public or private) as well as the number of schools in each state and enrollment data. A classification index of universities and colleges is provided. (SM)


A Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

A Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

Author: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published: 1994-11

Total Pages: 200

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This new edition of the Carnegie Classification of Higher Education groups American colleges and universities according to their missions and similarity of their programs and purposes. In this 1994 edition, for the first time, institutions are classified according to the highest level of degree conferred, and a new category is introduced--tribal colleges and universities. A foreword by Ernest L. Boyer reveals trends in higher education as indicated by changes in the classification. Preliminary figures and tables offer data on percentage of institutions within each classification area, enrollment by type of institution, and changes in enrollment over time. Part I then lists public and private institutions by state within the following classification areas: research universities (levels I and II); doctoral universities (levels I and II); master's (comprehensive) colleges and universities (levels I and II); baccalaureate (liberal arts) colleges I; baccalaureate colleges II; associate of arts colleges; and specialized institutions (religion and theology, medical, other health professions, engineering and technology, business and management, art, music, design, law, teachers colleges, and tribal colleges and universities). An index lists institutions alphabetically, along with their respective classifications. (JDD)


The Elective Carnegie Community Engagement Classification

The Elective Carnegie Community Engagement Classification

Author: John Saltmarsh

Publisher: Campus Compact

Published: 2018-03-31

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1945459158

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The Carnegie Engagement Classification is designed to be a form of evidence-based documentation that a campus meets the criteria to be recognized as a community engaged institution. Editors John Saltmarsh and Mathew B. Johnson use their extensive experience working with the Carnegie Engagement Classification to offer a collection of resources for institutions that are interested in making a first-time or reclassification application for this recognition. Contributors offer insight on approaches to collecting the materials needed for an application and strategies for creating a complete and successful application. Chapters include detailed descriptions of what happened on campuses that succeeded in their application attempts and even reflection from a campus that failed on their first application. Readers can make use of worksheets at the end of each chapter to organize their own classification efforts.


Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions

Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions

Author: Jung Cheol Shin

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-11-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789401789042

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This authoritative reference source covers all higher education themes in a comprehensive, accessible and comparative way. It maps the field for the twenty first century reflecting the massive changes that have occurred and the challenges ahead for future research. It provides a rich diversity of scholarly perspectives and covers the entire spectrum of higher education from a geographical, a topical and disciplinary perspective. It is unrivaled in its capacity to go beyond national boundaries and provides indispensible comparative analyses. The major reference works available about higher education have been published more than two decades ago and since then higher education has undergone major changes that have resulted in a much larger, diverse, global, and multidimensional reality. One of the main trends has been relentless expansion on a worldwide scale. This has led to mass higher education becoming a reality across continents, substantial growth in the number of countries with universal access to higher education, and great diversification of the student body. The tremendous increase in the international links in higher education, through issues such as training, students’ mobility, staff mobility, research activities, is another major change. The consequence is a global dimension that is strongly associated with the intensification of international networks in which institutions and researchers explore, create and share knowledge. As a result of the changes and trends, higher education has increasingly become part of debates that highlight its complexity as an institution that combines relevant political, social, economic, and cultural purposes and dimensions. Asked to play important and varied economic and social roles, higher education has had to reshape its priorities, and organizational and decision-making structures. The growth and increased complexity of the field have both led to more attention being paid to all aspects of higher education and to the expansion of research.


The Tyranny of Virtue

The Tyranny of Virtue

Author: Robert Boyers

Publisher: Scribner

Published: 2019-09-24

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 198212718X

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From public intellectual and professor Robert Boyers, “a powerfully persuasive, insightful, and provocative prose that mixes erudition and first-hand reportage” (Joyce Carol Oates) addressing recent developments in American culture and arguing for the tolerance of difference that is at the heart of the liberal tradition. Written from the perspective of a liberal intellectual who has spent a lifetime as a writer, editor, and college professor, The Tyranny of Virtue is a “courageous, unsparing, and nuanced to a rare degree” (Mary Gaitskill) insider’s look at shifts in American culture—most especially in the American academy—that so many people find alarming. Part memoir and part polemic, Boyers’s collection of essays laments the erosion of standard liberal values, and covers such subjects as tolerance, identity, privilege, appropriation, diversity, and ableism that have turned academic life into a minefield. Why, Robert Boyers asks, are a great many liberals, people who should know better, invested in the drawing up of enemies lists and driven by the conviction that on critical issues no dispute may be tolerated? In stories, anecdotes, and character profiles, a public intellectual and longtime professor takes on those in his own progressive cohort who labor in the grip of a poisonous and illiberal fundamentalism. The end result is a finely tuned work of cultural intervention from the front lines.


A Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

A Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

Author: Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education

Publisher: The

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13:

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A revised landmark Carnegie classification of institutions of higher education, which includes enrollment data, is presented. The classification divides institutions into 6 main categories and a number of subcategories, or 19 categories in all. For doctorate-granting institutions, the following types of institutions are distinguished: research universities I, research universities II, doctorate-granting institutions I, and doctorate-granting universities II. For comprehensive universities and colleges, two types of institutions are categorized, and for liberal arts colleges, two types of institutions are distinguished. Professional schools and other specialized institutions include theological seminaries, bible colleges, and other institutions offering degrees in religion; medical schools and medical centers; other separate health professional schools; schools of engineering and technology; schools of business and management; schools of art, music, and design; schools of law; teachers colleges; and other specialized institutions. Additional categories are 2-year colleges and institutes and institutions for nontraditional study. The institutions are listed by state and by their public or private status. Additionally, for each broad institutional category, data are provided on number of schools, the number that are public, the number that are private, and the respective enrollments. (SW)


The University as an Institution Today

The University as an Institution Today

Author: Alfonso Borrero

Publisher: IDRC

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 0889366853

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Describes the philosophy, mission, function, objectives, structures and service to culture and professions of the university as an institution.


Women's Colleges in the United States

Women's Colleges in the United States

Author: Irene Harwarth

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 0788143247

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Women's colleges have had a long and prestigious role in the education of American women. This volume offers insights into the continuing significant role of women's colleges in higher education. It provides a brief history of women's colleges in the U.S. in the context of social and legislative issues that have affected the country, examines how women's colleges have managed to survive in an era of coeducational institutions and equal opportunities in education, and identifies the unique features of women's colleges that make them attractive to young women. Charts and tables. Extensive bibliography.


Typologies and Taxonomies

Typologies and Taxonomies

Author: Kenneth D. Bailey

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 1994-06-13

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780803952591

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How do we group different subjects on a variety of variables? Should we use a classification procedure in which only the concepts are classified (typology), one in which only empirical entities are classified (taxonomy), or some combination of both? In this clearly written book, Bailey addresses these questions and shows how classification methods can be used to improve research. Beginning with an exploration of the advantages and disadvantages of classification procedures including those typologies that can be constructed without the use of a computer, the book covers such topics as clustering procedures (including agglomerative and divisive methods), the relationship among various classification techniques (including the relationship of monothetic, qualitative typologies to polythetic, quantitative taxonomies), a comparison of clustering methods and how these methods compare with related statistical techniques such as factor analysis, multidimensional scaling and systems analysis, and lists classification resources. This volume also discusses software packages for use in clustering techniques.