Our Higher Calling: Rebuilding the Partnership between America and Its Colleges and Universities
Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein
Abstract
American higher education is strong because of a special relationship with the American public and the federal government. Misunderstandings about how higher education works have strained the partnership, which has animated and driven American higher education. Carefully describing the roles of faculty, students, trustees, and administration can clear up some of these misunderstandings and position universities to deal with the pressures caused by changing demographics of incoming students, financial challenges associated with these changes, and differences in learning brought on by technolo ... More
American higher education is strong because of a special relationship with the American public and the federal government. Misunderstandings about how higher education works have strained the partnership, which has animated and driven American higher education. Carefully describing the roles of faculty, students, trustees, and administration can clear up some of these misunderstandings and position universities to deal with the pressures caused by changing demographics of incoming students, financial challenges associated with these changes, and differences in learning brought on by technological advances. Greater clarity sets the stage for an important conversation about the future of higher education and the United States.
Keywords:
partnership,
American public,
faculty,
students,
trustees,
administration
Bibliographic Information
Print publication date: 2018 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781469646862 |
Published to North Carolina Scholarship Online: May 2019 |
DOI:10.5149/northcarolina/9781469646862.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Holden Thorp, author
Washington University in St. Louis
Buck Goldstein, author
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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