Features of this title include: <ul>
<li> Emphasizes a cultural perspective with readings that represent a divers vision of theory and methodology in comparative education </li>
<li> Engages readers in the pragmatic debate between modernist and postmodernist perspectives and between structuralist and poststructuralist models </li>
<li> Presents a "world systems analysis" that explores the dependent relationships among nations in economics, politics, and education in the creation and exchange of knowledge </li>
<li> Organized in five sections: Introduction, Faculty Work and the Production of Knowledge, Organizational Contexts, The State, and The Social Context of Higher Education </li> </ul>

Comparative Education

Education & Teaching

Association for the Study of Higher Education

Higher & Continuing Education

PEARSON/LEARNING SOLUTIONS

This comprehensive introduction to the basics of American higher education presents 51 articles by some of today's most respected leaders in the field, in four parts. The readings chosen for this volume are intentionally introductory and are often descriptive, rather than issue oriented. They are designed to help the reader map out the territory of higher education, recognize the key concepts, identify some of the prominent experts who write about them, and explore some of the still unanswered questions. Part I: The Scope of Higher Education in American Society, introduces readers to the scope of higher education in American society and the world with readings with historical, philosophical and sociological perspectives. Part II: The Participants, considers the divers array of people that make up today's student body, and those who make up the faculty that conduct research, develop curriculum and deliver much of the intellectual content of a college education. Part III: The Conduct of Education and Research, contains readings that look at the modes by which the activities of the faculty and students affairs staff are carried out. Part IV: The Management of the College or University, explores the support system that allows the faculty and student affairs personnel to conduct their own work and considers the nature of the system components outside of the institutions that effect internal policy.

Foundations of American Higher Education (2nd Edition)

Bess, James L.

This reader is designed for higher education programs and for institutions with planning and/or institutional research offices or staff that have a need for professional training and development. The articles in the reader were selected from a diverse range of sources that represent a wealth of well-know and respected scholars and practitioners in the field. Most of the selections were chosen for their significance as research based, conceptual or synthesis literature. The reader's editors have provided a well-rounded coverage which reflects the broad current models and approaches to planning and the roles of institutional research. In addition, an extensive and up-to-date Other Resources section includes "Related Higher Education Reference Books and Related Publication," as well as descriptions of relevant "Data Base Resources," "Periodic Data Reports," and "Related Professional Associations." Features include: <ul>
<li> Offers comprehensive coverage in the field of planning and institutional research </li>
<li> Addresses significant and substantive issues </li>
<li> Presents a well-focused overview on planning and instructional research in the introduction </li>
<li> Contains useful selections for in-service and professional development </li>
<li> Selections were chosen through an extensive literature search and review - primarily from higher education literature </li>
<li> Provides extensive information on other related resources </li>
<li> Includes a special section on "Using the Internet" </li> </ul>

ASHE Reader on Planning and Institutional Research

Peterson, Marvin W.

Philanthropy, Volunteerism & Fundraising in Higher Education (Ashe Reader)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

College & University Curriculum: Placing Learning at the Epicenter of Courses, Programs and Institutions (Ashe Reader)

The goal in developing this ASHE Reader was to provide a contextualized picture of community colleges, having their own history, their own place within the contemporary higher education system, and their own future trajectory. These selections of readings do not place community colleges on a pedestal, nor do they attempt to condemn. They offer a rich array of perspectives, theoretical frameworks and research-based evidence drawn from quantitative and qualitative investigations to give readers a fuller understanding of these distinctive and increasingly pivotal institutions of higher education. This Reader is different from any other ASHE Reader because it focuses on a specific institutional type--the community college. One of the reasons this book is so necessary is because other readers that focus on higher education generally include few selections on community colleges, despite their enormous contribution to the higher education enterprise in the U.S. and their growing importance internationally. Thus, this Reader on community colleges is an important means to convey information about this institution to higher education scholars as well as practitioners. This book is designed for two major audiences: (1) faculty and graduate students in courses that focus on the community college, and (2) individual scholars and practitioners who are interested in an overview of the community college. Master’s and doctoral programs for general higher education administrators, community college faculty and administrators, and student affairs administrators can use the Reader to supplement various higher education courses. For the second group of individual scholars and practitioners, scholars new to the study of community colleges can learn about major issues dominating the study of community colleges and the diverse perspectives from which the institutions are viewed. Practitioners such as members of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT), and community college faculty and administrators can use the book to become acquainted with current research on the institutions in which they work. They can benefit from reading and understanding the wide range of perspectives associated with community colleges, from highly critical to neutral to complimentary. They can understand and appreciate more fully that not all research finds fault with the community college nor is the research consistently laudatory.

ASHE Reader on Community Colleges (3rd Edition)

Townsend, Barbara T.

Ashe Reader on the History of Higher Education (Ashe Reader Series)

Breneman, David W.

Schools & Teaching

Ginn Pr

This Reader provides articles about faculty issues covering a wide range of subjects, philosophical perspectives, and methods. It discusses demographic trends and addresses such topics as faculty roles, obligations, and career issues; the relation of the development of higher education as an institution to the development of the professional life of faculty; and how scholars approach research questions from diverse and emerging perspectives and with heterogeneous methodologies. The Reader concludes with issues that faculty and institutions are likely to face in the future.

Faculty and Faculty Issues in Colleges and Universities (2nd Edition)

Finnegan, Dorothy F.

The History of Higher Education combines classic readings with the most recent research on the history of American colleges and universities. This book covers five historical periods in the evolution of higher education from the time of the American colonies to the 1970s. The goal of this informative reader is to build a working historical knowledge base of the opportunities and problems confronting American higher education.

History of Higher Education (2nd Edition)

Goodchild, Lester

Wechsler, Harold

Organization and Governance in Higher Education is one of the primary teaching and research references in the study and practice of post secondary education. Research in higher education has provided new insights and recommendations for the management of postsecondary institutions. In addition to maintaining the strength and integrity of prior readers by continuing the coverage of classical theories and traditional models, the Fifth Edition provides updated reading to broaden the scope of the reader. New selections include current perspective on campus governance and institutional change. Because of the complex nature of the postsecondary institution, this reader creates eight subject area lenses. Each lens allows the reader to engage the specific paradigms and phenomena related to that aspect of higher education. The areas are arranged in the following order: classic organization theory, traditional administrative and governance models, campus climate and culture, leadership analysis, management principles, institutional change and assessment, perspectives on race and gender, and critical approaches to organizational governance. Features include: <ul>
<li> New sections on organization change, diversity, and postmodern critique </li>
<li> Blends traditional "core" readings with numerous contemporary readings. Readings aid in understanding the multiple nuances of how colleges are organized, governed and administered </li>
<li> Readings aid in understanding the multiple nuances of how colleges are organized, governed and administered </li>
<li> Serves as a single-volume resource on higher education governance for both students and practitioners </li> </ul>

Organization and Governance in Higher Education (5th Edition)

Brown, M. Christopher

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