As a result of extended lifespans, decreasing birth rates, and the aging of the baby boomers, one of the fastest-growing segments of the North American population is the older adult (55 years of age and older) which comprises a population of increasingly well-educated, affluent, and active individuals. This book addresses the ways in which higher education institutions are responding to the educational needs of this growing population. The focus of this book is on an emerging instructional mode: member-based Learning-in-Retirement (LIR) academies and institutions--a new organizational form that is significantly impacting on higher education institutions.

Students of the Third Age (AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION/ORYX PRESS SERIES ON HIGHER EDUCATION)

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Lipman, Henry T.

Social Sciences

Oryx Pr

Representing a major challenge to mainstream thinking about university governance while predicting dramatic changes in the governance of our colleges and universities, this book documents the pivotal role of the president in determining institutional quality. Fisher feels that one of the first steps needed to solve major problems confronting higher education today is the return of legitimacy to the presidency. All of the recommendations offered are within the guidelines of the classic governance document for colleges and universities, the 1966 AAUP Joint Statement on University Governance, as well as significant research on effective leadership.

The Board And The President: (American Council on Education Oryx Press Series on Higher Education)

Education & Teaching

Fisher, James L.

Higher & Continuing Education

This book discusses the challenges and issues facing America's colleges and universities as we enter a period of change and reform. Thinking About American Higher Education explores three major imperatives that will drive the future. First, colleges and universities must respond to six critical challenges: minority participation; financing quality education; replacing quality faculty; affordability; institutional ethics; and national competitiveness. Secondly, strong leadership is required at both the institutional and state government levels. And thirdly, changing regional economies will require certain institutions to foster new forms of higher education.

Thinking About American Higher Education: The 1990s And Beyond (American Council on Education Oryx Press Series on Higher Education)

Gilley, J. Wade

Access Through Innovation: New Colleges For New Students (American Council on Education Oryx Press Series on Higher Education)

HALL, JAMES W.

A renaissance of innovation is taking place in America's community colleges. This book documents and analyzes stimulating changes that have marked the 1980s and points the way to new practices and structures that will continue to invigorate the community colleges during the 1990s. The 13 chapters offer a rich selection of possibilities for the future of the community college. Here are tested ideas and programs that make the community college such an important force in our changing society--the practices that serve students more fully, support faculty more effectively, and reach the community more extensively.

Innovation In The Community College: (American Council on Education Oryx Press Series on Higher Education)

Alumni Continuing Education (AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION/ORYX PRESS SERIES ON HIGHER EDUCATION)

Calvert, Steven L.

Effective College President (American Council on Education/Oryx Press Series on Higher Education) [Sep 01, 1988] Fisher, James L.; Wheeler, James L.; Tack, Martha W.; Wheeler, Karen J. and American Council on Education

Effective College President (The American Council on Education/Macmillan Series on Higher Education)

Wheeler, James L.

Tack, Martha W.

Wheeler, Karen J.

American Council on Education

Schools & Teaching

What should be the role of college and university libraries in the search for educational excellence in the information age? In this book, a university president and a library director take a close, critical look at new roles for academic libraries as resources for information literacy. This book provides a visionary blueprint for librarians, presidents, and educators concerned with satisfying the growing information needs of American society.

Information Literacy: Revolution In The Library (American Council on Education Oryx Press Series on Higher Education)

Gee, E. Gordon

Breivik, Patricia Senn

The Complete Grants Sourcebook for Nursing and Health (The American Council on Education/Macmillan Series on Higher Education)

Medical Books

Bauer, David G.

Redman, Barbara K.

American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Basic Sciences

#Originally published: New York : American Council on Education : Macmillan, c1989.#Includes bibliographical references and index.

The President and Fund Raising (American Council on Education/Oryx Press Series on Higher Education)

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