Bibliograph

Colleges at the crossroads, taking sides on contested issues, edited by Joseph L. DeVitis & Pietro A. Sasso

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Label

Colleges at the crossroads, taking sides on contested issues, edited by Joseph L. DeVitis & Pietro A. Sasso

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Colleges at the crossroads

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

995759607

Responsibility statement

edited by Joseph L. DeVitis & Pietro A. Sasso

Series statement

Counterpoints : studies in criticality, vol. 517

Sub title

taking sides on contested issues

Table Of Contents

What is college for? / Johann N. Neem -- Modernizing college purposes to save a troubled world / Patricia A. McGuire -- The urgent need for liberal education in today's troubled world / Bruce W. Hauptl -- Civic engagement in higher learning / Richard Guarasci -- "Flipping" the tenure debate and the continuing need to protect academic freedom / Niel H. Hutchens & Frank Fernandez -- What is academic freedom for? / Ashley Thorne -- The contingency of tenure / David Shiner -- Why tenure needs protection in these troubled times / Philo A. Hutcheson -- Free expression at public colleges and universities : why students should care about it and why campus officials should make sure it is protected / Dennis E. Gregory -- Free expression and political correctness : contextualizing the controversies and finding a way forward / R. Scott Mattingly, J. Bennet Durham & Matthew R. Shupp -- Tokenizing social justice in higher education / Cristobal Salinas, Jr. & Valerie A. Guerrero -- Creating inclusive classrooms as an imperative for upholding academic freedom for historically underrepresented groups in higher education / Michael Sean Funk -- It is a balancing act : faculty workload / Isis N. Walton & Nicolle Parsons-Pollard -- Faculty work life : beyond the tipping point / Sean Robinson -- Faculty governance as a thorny problem / Michael T. Miller & Everrett A. Smith -- The erosion of faculty governance / Dilys Schoorman -- Limited by design : a critical sociohistorical analysis of postsecondary learning outcomes / Ezekiel Kimball, Juan Manuel Ruiz-Hau & Fermin Valle -- Are college students learning more or less than in the past? / Sergio Ossirio and Kimberly Kline -- Instructional technology as a revolutionary savior of higher education classrooms : an analysis of scope, ethics, and values / David S. Knowlton -- Will technology and distance instruction save higher education? / Paul Gordon Brown -- The importance of standardized tests in college admissions / Martin C. Yu & Nathan Kuncel -- Why standardized testing is not necessary in college admissions / Aaron W. Hughey -- Is higher education worth the investment? : examining the economic and social returns / Monica Galloway Burke, Colin Cannonier & Aaron W. Hughey -- Is college worth the cost? : It depends / Lindsey M. Burke -- The college arms race : how it is destroying higher education in the United States / Matthew Varga & Scott L. Lingress -- The need for college amenities and their benefit to the student and institution's success / Steven Tolman & Christopher Trautman -- Then and now : the relationship between the college and the student / Mark Bauman -- Are college students too entitled today? : the role of customer service in meeting student needs and expectations / Denise L. Davidson & Amu A. Paciej-Woodruff -- Are fraternities and sororities still Relevant in higher education? / Ashley Tull & Kathy Cavins-Tull -- Fraternities and sororities in the contemporary era : a pendulum of tolerance / Pietro A. Sasso -- Are collegiate athletics necessary in contemporary higher education? / Curtis M. Clock & Thalia M. Mulvihill -- Academics and athletics : struggles and strategies in the pursuit of (A) grades and (A) games / Sally Dear-Healey

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