American higher education in the twenty-first century: social, political, and economic challenges

Introduction: The Contexts of American Higher Education / Robert O. Berdahl / Philip G. Altbach / Patricia J. Gumport

Part I. The Setting

1. Patterns of Higher Education Development / Philip G. Altbach

2. The Ten Generations of American Higher Education / Roger L. Geiger

3. Autonomy and Accountability: Who Controls Academe? / Frank A. Schmidtlein / Robert O. Berdahl

4. Academic Freedom: Past, Present, and Future / Robert M. O'Neil

Part II. External Forces

5. The Federal Government and Higher Education / Michael Mumper / Lawrence E. Gladieux / Jacqueline E. King / Melanie E. Corrigan

6. The States and Higher Education / Aims C. McGuinness, Jr.

7. The Legal Environment: The Implementation of Legal Change on Campus / Michael A. Olivas / Benjamin Baez

8. The Hidden Hand: External Constituencies and Their Impact / Fred F. Harcleroad / Judith S. Eaton

Part III. The Academic Community

9. Harsh Realities: The Professoriate in the Twenty-First Century / Philip G. Altbach

10. College Students in Changing Contexts / Sara Goldrick-Rab / Marjorie A. E. Cook

11. Presidents Leading: The Dynamics and Complexities of Campus Leadership / Peter D. Eckel / Adrianna Kezar

Part IV. Central Issues for the Twenty-First Century

12. Financing Higher Education: Who Should Pay? / D. Bruce Johnstone

13. The Digital Technologies of Learning and Research / John Willinsky / Gustavo Fischman / Amy Scott Metcalfe

14. Graduate Education and Research: Interdependence and Strain / Patricia J. Gumport

15. Curriculum in Higher Education: The Organizational Dynamics of Academic Reform / Michael N. Bastedo

16. Markets in Higher Education: Trends in Academic Capitalism / Sheila Slaughter / Gary Rhoades

17. The Diversity Imperative: Moving to the Next Generation / Daryl G. Smith

Contributors

Index