Crisis in the Academy

Rethinking Higher Education in America

• Author(s): Christopher J. Lucas,
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Pages: 288
• ISBN_10: 0312176864
  ISBN_13: 9780312176860
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Education / General , Education / Administration / Higher , Education / Schools / Levels / Higher , Education / Educational Policy & Reform / General , Education / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family ,

Description:... Not since sixties student turmoil and unrest wreaked havoc on the nations's campuses has American higher education been the subject of so much controversy. Confusion over fundamental priorities and purposes, the author argues, lies at the heart of the dilemma facing end-of-the-century higher education. Having failed in its attempt to be all things to all people, the academy must now reinvent itself to meet the challenges of the millennium ahead. Thoughtful and timely, Crisis in the Academy offers a wide-ranging analysis of contemporary higher education and makes an important contribution to the ongoing public debate over the future of America's beleaguered and diverse institutions of higher learning.