How to Run a College: A Practical Guide for Trustees, Faculty, Administrators, and Policymakers - Couverture souple

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Mitchell, Brian C. C.

 
9781421424774: How to Run a College: A Practical Guide for Trustees, Faculty, Administrators, and Policymakers
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ISBN 10 : 1421424770 ISBN 13 : 9781421424774
Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018

Synopsis

How can colleges stay relevant in the twenty-first century?

Residential colleges are the foundation on which US higher education is based. These institutions possess storied traditions fondly cherished by students, alumni, and faculty. There is no denying, however, that all colleges today struggle with changing consumer preferences, high sticker prices, and aging infrastructure. Technological and pedagogical alternatives—not to mention growing political pressure—present complex challenges. What can colleges and smaller universities do to stay relevant in today’s educational and economic climate?

In their concise guide, How to Run a College, Brian C. Mitchell and W. Joseph King analyze how colleges operate. Widely experienced as trustees, administrators, and faculty, they understand that colleges must update their practices, monetize their assets, and focus on core educational strategies in order to build strong institutions.

Mitchell and King offer a frank yet optimistic vision for how colleges can change without losing their fundamental strengths. To survive and become sustainable, they must be centers of dynamic learning, as well as economic engines able to power regional, state, and national economies. Rejecting the notion that American colleges are holdovers from a bygone time, How to Run a College shows instead that they are centers of experimentation and innovation that heavily influence higher education not only in the United States but also worldwide.

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À propos des auteurs

Brian C. Mitchell is the president and managing principal of Academic Innovators. He is the past president of Bucknell University and Washington & Jefferson College. Together, King and Mitchell are the coauthors of How to Run a College: A Practical Guide for Trustees, Faculty, Administrators, and Policymakers.

W. Joseph King is the past president of Lyon College, as well as the former executive director of the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education and of Rice University's Connexions.

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Éditeur
Johns Hopkins University Press
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1421424770
ISBN 13 
9781421424774
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
216
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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