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Informationen zum Autor Shaun R. Harper is Associate Professor of Higher Education, Africana Studies, and Gender Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Jerlando F. L. Jackson is Associate Professor of Higher Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also serves as Director of the Wisconsin's Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei Lab). Klappentext Written primarily for students in higher education and student affairs graduate programs, Introduction to American Higher Education is a groundbreaking textbook that combines classic scholarship pertaining to colleges and universities with the most cutting-edge perspectives in the field.¿The book is divided into five sections and contains 25 essential readings on the following topics: Faculty Teaching, Learning and Curriculum College Students Organizations, Leadership and Governance Higher Education Policy Each section includes chapters on community colleges and four-year institutions, as well as a substantive overview written by an expert scholar in the field: Ann E. Austin, Clifton F. Conrad, Laura I. Rend¿n, Adrianna J. Kezar, and Edward P. St. John. This impressive volume ensures that faculty members will no longer have to compile their own collections of articles and chapters for use in introductory courses-Introduction to American Higher Education brings together the best scholarship in one comprehensive text. Zusammenfassung Written primarily for students in higher education and student affairs graduate programs, Introduction to American Higher Education is a groundbreaking textbook that combines classic scholarship pertaining to colleges and universities with the most cutting-edge perspectives in the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Prologue, John R. Thelin About the Editors and Section Editors Advisory Groups Faculty, Ann E. Austin, Section Editor 1. The American Faculty in Perspective, Jack H. Schuster and Martin J. Finkelstein 2. Small Worlds, Different Worlds: The Uniquenesses and Troubles of American Academic Professions, Burton R. Clark 3. The Extent and Nature of Scholarly Activities among Community College Faculty, Barbara K. Townsend and Vicki J. Rosser 4. Faculty of Color in Academe: What 20 Years of Literature Tells Us, Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner, Juan Carlos González, and J. Luke Wood 5. The Changing Context for Faculty Work and Workplaces, Judith M. Gappa, Ann E. Austin, and Andrea G. Trice Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Clifton F. Conrad, Section Editor 6. External Influences on Curriculum: Sociocultural Context, Lisa R. Lattuca and Joan S. Stark 7. The Rise of the 'Practical Arts,' Steven Brint 8. The Canon Debate, Knowledge Construction, and Multicultural Education, James A. Banks 9. The Learning College: Creating a New Architecture for Community Colleges, Terry O'Banion 10. Teaching-for-Learning (TFL): A Model for Faculty to Advance Student Learning, Clifton F. Conrad, Jason Johnson, and Divya Malik Gupta Students, Laura I. Rendón, Section Editor 11. What Educators and Administrators Need to Know about College Student Engagement, George D. Kuh 12. Looking in the Rearview Mirror: Factors Affecting Transfer for Urban Community College Students, Linda Serra Hagedorn, Scott Cypers, and Jaime Lester 13. Theoretical Considerations in the Study of Minority Student Retention in Higher Education, Laura I. Rendón, Romero E. Jalomo, and Amaury Nora 14. Diversity and Higher Education: Theory and Impact on Educational Outcomes, Patricia Gurin, Eric L. Dey, Sylvia Hurtado, and Gerald Gurin 15. Nine Themes in Campus Racial Climates and Implications for Institutional Transformation, Shaun R. Harper and Sylvia Hurtado Organization, administration and governance, Adrianna J. Kezar, Section Editor 16. Problems of Governance, Management, and L...
