The Uncertain Future of American Public Higher Education, Daniel M. Johnson

Автор: Hutner Gordon, Mohamed Feisal G.
Название: A New Deal for the Humanities: Liberal Arts and the Future of Public Higher Education
ISBN: 0813573238 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813573236
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Many in higher education fear that the humanities are facing a crisis. But even if the rhetoric about ""crisis"" is overblown, humanities departments do face increasing pressure from administrators, politicians, parents, and students. In A New Deal for the Humanities, Gordon Hutner and Feisal G. Mohamed bring together twelve prominent scholars who address the history, the present state, and the future direction of the humanities. These scholars keep the focus on public higher education, for it is in our state schools that the liberal arts are taught to the greatest numbers and where their neglect would be most damaging for the nation. The contributors offer spirited and thought-provoking debates on a diverse range of topics. For instance, they deplore the push by administrations to narrow learning into quantifiable outcomes as well as the demands of state governments for more practical, usable training. Indeed, for those who suggest that a college education should be practical - that it should lean toward the sciences and engineering, where the high-paying jobs are - this book points out that while a few nations produce as many technicians as the United States does, America is still renowned worldwide for its innovation and creativity, skills taught most effectively in the humanities. Most importantly, the essays in this collection examine ways to make the humanities even more effective, such as offering a broader array of options than the traditional major/minor scheme, options that combine a student's professional and intellectual interests, like the new medical humanities programs. A democracy can only be as energetic as the minds of its citizens, and the questions fundamental to the humanities are also fundamental to a thoughtful life. A New Deal for the Humanities takes an intrepid step in making the humanities - and our citizens - even stronger in the future.

Автор: Gordon Hutner, Feisal G. Mohamed
Название: A New Deal for the Humanities: Liberal Arts and the Future of Public Higher Education
ISBN: 0813573246 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813573243
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Many in higher education fear that the humanities are facing a crisis. But even if the rhetoric about “crisis” is overblown, humanities departments do face increasing pressure from administrators, politicians, parents, and students. In A New Deal for the Humanities, Gordon Hutner and Feisal G. Mohamed bring together twelve prominent scholars who address the history, the present state, and the future direction of the humanities. These scholars keep the focus on public higher education, for it is in our state schools that the liberal arts are taught to the greatest numbers and where their neglect would be most damaging for the nation.   The contributors offer spirited and thought-provoking debates on a diverse range of topics. For instance, they deplore the push by administrations to narrow learning into quantifiable outcomes as well as the demands of state governments for more practical, usable training. Indeed, for those who suggest that a college education should be “practical”-that it should lean toward the sciences and engineering, where the high-paying jobs are-this book points out that while a few nations produce as many technicians as the United States does, America is still renowned worldwide for its innovation and creativity, skills taught most effectively in the humanities. Most importantly, the essays in this collection examine ways to make the humanities even more effective, such as offering a broader array of options than the traditional major/minor scheme, options that combine a student’s professional and intellectual interests, like the new medical humanities programs.   A democracy can only be as energetic as the minds of its citizens, and the questions fundamental to the humanities are also fundamental to a thoughtful life. A New Deal for the Humanities takes an intrepid step in making the humanities-and our citizens-even stronger in the future.

Автор: David Lee Carlson, Mirka Koro, Timothy C. Wells
Название: Intra-Public Intellectualism: Critical Qualitative Inquiry in the Academy
ISBN: 1975502485 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781975502485
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: In a decidedly anti-intellectual moment, exemplified by such recent phenomena as denials of science, defunding of universities, and distrust of "facts", Intra-Public Intellectualism examines the relationships among qualitative inquiry, truth telling and social activism.

Автор: David Lee Carlson, Mirka Koro, Timothy C. Wells
Название: Intra-Public Intellectualism: Critical Qualitative Inquiry in the Academy
ISBN: 1975502477 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781975502478
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: In a decidedly anti-intellectual moment, exemplified by such recent phenomena as denials of science, defunding of universities, and distrust of "facts", Intra-Public Intellectualism examines the relationships among qualitative inquiry, truth telling and social activism.

Автор: Joseph L. DeVitis
Название: The Future of American Higher Education: How Today`s Public Intellectuals Frame the Debate
ISBN: 1642673412 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781642673418
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Just as our society is polarized, higher education is no less divided as to its mission and purpose, whether it should be preparing students for employment or for engagement as citizens, whether it should be corporatist and profit-driven or promote intellectual curiosity and independent thinking, and whether it should pursue a neoliberal agenda or promote a liberal education. Whose scholarship, culture and epistemologies should be validated? Should it be a private or a public good? Preserve tenure or erode it? What role should colleges and universities play in addressing economic inequality and systemic racism? The answers to these questions are critical for the future of our society as our universities and colleges are the nurseries of the values and philosophies that shape it.

The chapters in this book review the contributions of seventeen public intellectuals who have been at the forefront of these issues and significantly contributed to these debates. Each describes the genesis of each scholar’s ideas and presents and critiques his or her core insights and arguments. The seventeen public intellectuals represent a spectrum of opinion, from the conservative to the progressive.

At this pivotal moment when much of higher education is in economic crisis, and public trust in it has been eroded, this book offers a robust entry point for considering the options and directions ahead for anyone in a leadership position. The book will also be valuable for higher education courses to stimulate debate about these critical issues and introduce readers to the seminal thinkers in the field.

Автор: Joseph L. DeVitis
Название: The Future of American Higher Education: How Today`s Public Intellectuals Frame the Debate
ISBN: 1642673404 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781642673401
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: At this pivotal moment when much of higher education is in economic crisis, and public trust in it has been eroded, this book offers a robust entry point for considering the options and directions ahead for anyone in a leadership position.

Автор: Uhl Christopher, Dijulio Melissa
Название: Awaken 101: Discovering Meaning and Purpose in Uncertain Times
ISBN: 1476682313 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476682310
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 30490.00 T
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Описание: Discovering our meaning and purpose can seem like an impossible task, especially given the tumultuous times in which we find ourselves. Through challenging provocations, uplifting narratives, and profound insights, this book emboldens readers to experience their lives, not as spectators, but as reflective, courageous and purposeful participants.

Автор: Fischer John M., Mazurkiewicz Grzegorz
Название: The Personal, Place, and Context in Pedagogy: An Activist Stance for Our Uncertain Educational Future
ISBN: 3030714225 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030714222
Издательство: Springer
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Цена: 149060.00 T
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Описание: Together, the authors reflect on educational initiatives and life in democratic societies, arguing for an increased awareness of the educational processes at work within our contexts, places, and personal lives.

Автор: Enakshi Sengupta
Название: Pandemic Pedagogy: Preparedness in Uncertain Times
ISBN: 1800714718 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781800714717
Издательство: Emerald
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Цена: 108410.00 T
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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted over a billion students, resulting in a mass transition to online education and the cancellation or postponement of countless seminars, workshops, exams, sports events and conferences. While remote learning has allowed institutions to continue providing education to students throughout these circumstances, it has also created a number of challenges for the mental health of both faculty and students as well as to the technical capabilities of higher education institutions. At the start of the pandemic, not every university had the necessary facilities for the quick switch to remote learning, not all faculty were prepared to make it and not all students were equipped to take on more responsibility for their learning.

Pandemic Pedagogy: Preparedness in Uncertain Times collates various case studies and other empirical research that examine learning practices and demonstrate approaches to address future catastrophes and continue the pandemic recovery process. Contributors discuss both theoretical models and strategic frameworks currently in use, as well as the benefits they provide, helping institutions address student and faculty concerns and prioritise future preparedness.

Designing an adaptable education system capable of dealing with future crises, Pandemic Pedagogy: Preparedness in Uncertain Times will benefit educators, leaders, policy makers, government organizations, university faculty members and students.

Автор: Catherine O`Connell, Eric Lybeck
Название: Universities in Crisis: Academic Professionalism in Uncertain Times
ISBN: 135024998X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350249981
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Цена: 95040.00 T
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Описание: This book goes beyond now-familiar analyses of ‘neoliberal governmentality’ which tend to characterise academics as passive subjects or as ‘strategic actors’, drawing on and cynically exploiting metrics as a form of capital exchangeable across different fields. Instead, Universities in Crisis draws on newer paradigms by drawing on processual, post-critical and phenomenological approaches that leave room for new spaces of negotiation – discursive and practical – for understanding and advancing academic professionalism in this rapidly changing context.Contributors reflect various manifestations of the changing political and public climate, as well as the unease that surrounds contemporary debates which position the academy in troubling ways. Unifying concepts such as academic work, jurisdiction and transdisciplinarity are deployed to transcend functional divisions within and between academics, administrators, managers and students. Drawing on these theoretical and conceptual resources, contributors engage in critical consideration of whether the potential for ‘push back’ lies both in re-emphasising the specialness of academic professionalism and in defining the commonalities with other professional groups of knowledge workers.The book offers an unflinching analysis on the conditions which frame the darker side of professionalism and which are associated with increased precarity and reduced autonomy. The contributors explore the dilemmas, challenges and possibilities of professionalism for both early career academics and senior academic leaders.

Автор: Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Название: What`s happening to public higher education?
ISBN: 0801887135 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780801887130
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: In concluding chapters, contributors provide valuable assessments of the critical issues and their practical implications-from state policy initiatives to the privatization of public universities.

Автор: Heller Donald E.
Название: The States and Public Higher Education Policy: Affordability, Access, and Accountability
ISBN: 1421401223 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781421401225
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: The contributors examine the latest research on pressing challenges, explore how states are coping with these challenges, and consider what the future holds for public postsecondary education in the United States.