Breakpoint: The Changing Marketplace for Higher Education

McGee, Jon

ISBN 10: 1421418207 / ISBN 13: 9781421418209

Edité par Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. N° de réf. du vendeur 00091217199

Synopsis :

How can colleges adapt to disruptive change while staying true to their educational values?

Second Place Winner of the Typographic Jacket from Washington Publishers

The challenges facing colleges and universities today are profound and complex. Fortunately, Jon McGee is an ideal guide through this dynamic marketplace. In Breakpoint, he argues that higher education is in the midst of an extraordinary moment of demographic, economic, and cultural transition that has significant implications for how colleges understand their mission, their market, and their management.

Drawing from an extensive assessment of demographic and economic trends, McGee presents a broad and integrative picture of these changes while stressing the importance of decisive campus leadership. He describes the key forces that influence higher education and provides a framework from which trustees, presidents, administrators, faculty, and policy makers can address pressing issues in the aftermath of the Great Recession.

Although McGee avoids endorsing one-size-fits-all solutions, he suggests a number of concrete strategies for handling prospective students and developing pedagogical practices, curricular content and delivery, and management structures. Practical and compelling, Breakpoint will help higher education leaders make choices that advance their institutional values and serve their students and the common good for generations to come.

À propos de l'auteur: Jon McGee is the vice president for planning and strategy at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University. He is the author of Breakpoint: The Changing Marketplace for Higher Education. A father of four, he and his wife will have children in college continuously until 2027.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Breakpoint: The Changing Marketplace for ...
Éditeur : Johns Hopkins University Press
Date d'édition : 2015
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : Good