Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993
Physical Details
xxiii, 383 pages ; 24 cm
ISBNs
9780801844577, 0801844576
OCLC
ocm26051652
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface / Arthur Levine -- Introduction / Eric Ashby -- Pt. I. A Dynamic Environment. 1. Government and Higher Education / Patrick M. Callan. 2. The Economy and Higher Education / Margaret Gordon -- Pt. II. Institutions in Transition. 3. Federalism in American Higher Education / Martin Trow. 4. Research Universities in a New Era: From the 1980s to the 1990s / Roger L. Geiger. 5. Liberal Arts Colleges: What Price Survival? / David W. Breneman. 6. Community Colleges: Making Winners Out of Ordinary People / Leslie Koltai. 7. California: A Multisegment System / Neil J. Smelser. 8. Higher Education Coordination: Australia and the United States / Lyman A. Glenny. 9. The Return to Europe: Issues in Post-Communist Higher Education / Ladislav Cerych -- Pt. III. Changing Constituencies. 10. Faculty: Differentiation and Dispersion / Burton R. Clark. 11. The President: A Precarious Perch / Judith Block McLaughlin and David Riesman. 12. Students: Interests, Culture, and Activism / Philip G. Altbach. 13. Governing Boards / Joseph F. Kauffman -- Pt. IV. Evolving Curriculum and Disciplines. 14. New Dimensions for General Education / Virginia Smith. 15. The Humanities in the 1990s / Alberta Arthurs. 16. Hearts, Brains, and Education: A New Alliance for Science Curriculum / Marian Cleeves Diamond -- Pt. V. Critical Issues. 17. Improving the Quality of Instruction / K. Patricia Cross. 18. Behind the Open Door: Disadvantaged Students / Flora Mancuso Edwards. 19. Campus Climate in the 1980s and 1990s: Decades of Apathy and Renewal / Ernest L. Boyer. 20. Diversity on Campus / Arthur Levine. 21. Standardized Testing in a National Context / Donald M. Stewart -- Afterword: A Personal Note on Clark Kerr / James A. Perkins