Troubled Times for American Higher Education
Troubled Times for American Higher Education

Author: Clark Kerr

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9780791417058

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Also included is a thought-provoking section on the dominant connection between higher education and the economy that evaluates how well the test of service to the labor market has been met and counters the charge that our educational system is to blame for the nation's decline in economic productivity and lack of international competitiveness.

The Quest for Quality
The Quest for Quality

Author: Lewis B. Mayhew

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published: 1990-09-19

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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Part 1: Forces affecting quality in undergraduate education -- The challenges to educational quality since World War II -- Current perspectives on academic quality -- The undergraduate curriculum and general education -- Part 2: An agenda for strengthening academic quality -- Reforming the curriculum -- Streamlining extracurricular services -- Maintaining a high-quality professoriate -- Foresting competent teaching -- Strengthening academic leadership -- Rethinking decision-making roles and authority -- Part 3: Monitoring quality -- The role of accreditation -- Governing boards and coordinating agencies -- Strengthening undergraduate education: a national imperative.