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“robert kelchen”

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  • Higher Education Accountability

    by Robert Kelchen ...
    The first comprehensive overview charting the accountability of higher education.As the price tag of higher education continues to rise, colleges and universities across the country are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their value. Graded on numerous metrics, including cost and ability to prepare students for the job market, colleges must satisfy requirements from multiple stakeholders. ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Higher Education Accountability

    by Robert Kelchen ...
    The first comprehensive overview charting the accountability of higher education.As the price tag of higher education continues to rise, colleges and universities across the country are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their value. Graded on numerous metrics, including cost and ability to prepare students for the job market, colleges must satisfy requirements from multiple stakeholders. ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

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    Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College

    by Jacques Steinberg ...
    In the fall of 1999, New York Times education reporter Jacques Steinberg was given an unprecedented opportunity to observe the admissions process at prestigious Wesleyan University. Over the course of nearly a year, Steinberg accompanied admissions officer Ralph Figueroa on a tour to assess and recruit the most promising students in the country. The Gatekeepers follows a diverse group of ... Read more

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  • Crisis on Campus

    A Bold Plan for Reforming Our Colleges and Universities

    by Mark C. Taylor ...
    A provocative look at the troubled present state of American higher education and a passionately argued and learned manifesto for its future.In Crisis on Campus, Mark C. Taylor—chair of the Department of Religion at Columbia University and a former professor at Williams College—expands on and refines the ideas presented in his widely read and hugely controversial 2009 New York Times op-ed. His ... Read more

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  • How College Works

    by Daniel F. Chambliss ...
    Constrained by shrinking budgets, can colleges do more to improve the quality of education? And can students get more out of college without paying higher tuition? Daniel Chambliss and Christopher Takacs conclude that limited resources need not diminish the undergraduate experience. How College Works reveals the decisive role that personal relationships play in determining a student's success, and ... Read more

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  • The Art and Politics of Academic Governance

    Relations among Boards, Presidents, and Faculty

    by Colleen O'Brien Sathre, Kenneth P. Mortimer ...
    Series series The ACE Series on Higher Education
    Using case studies and relevant literature, this book illustrates the challenges to legitimate, Shared-governance domains when the routine of the academy is forced to deal with big issues, often brought on by external forces. Mortimer and Sathre have gone beyond a discussion of faculty/administrative behavior by focusing on what happens when the legitimate governance claims of faculty, trustees, ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Yale & The Ivy League Cartel — How a College Lost its Soul and Became a Hedge Fund

    by Edwin S. Rockefeller ...
    The book reviews the development of "Old Yale" from its origin in 1701 to its death in the latter half of the 20th century, describes the Ivy League Cartel that prevents price competition among members and makes possible persistent price increases, and explains how the cartel has been preserved by skillful lawyering and political support of the academic establishment. ... Read more

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  • Performance

    The Dynamic of Results in Postsecondary Organizations

    by Nathan Harris, Kathryn Thirolf, James Webb, Richard L. Alfred ...
    Series series The ACE Series on Higher Education
    Understanding performance requires asking fundamental questions about the nature and purpose of an organization: What is its business? Whom does it serve? What do stakeholders want and expect? What do they get? How does the organization conceive of and measure results? How do stakeholders feel about results the organization is generating? Answers to these questions require a framework for analysis ... Read more

    $74.59 USD

  • Challenges in Higher Education in 21st Century

    by Vinod Kumar Bansal ...
    This book provides a historical perspective on the development of the education system in India, highlighting the changing emphases within government policy. Since Independence, the education policies of successive governments have built on the substantial legacies of the Nehruvian period, targeting the core themes of plurality and secularism, with a focus on excellence in higher education, and ... Read more

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  • Academic Transformation

    A Design Approach for the New Majority

    Edited by Eric Malm, Marguerite Weber ...
    Much of higher education was originally designed to meet the needs of full time 18-22 year-old students who enter directly from high school. However, the New Majority of our students are older, likely to swirl among institutions, and have significant adult responsibilities outside of the classroom. Academic Transformation: A Design Approach for the New Majority is a call to transform colleges and ... Read more

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  • Leadership in Theological Education, Volume 2

    Foundations for Curriculum Design

    Edited by Fritz Deininger, Orbelina Eguizabal ...
    Series series ICETE Series
    The ICETE Programme for Academic Leadership (IPAL) was officially established in 2010 and arose out of the need to provide training to theological institutions in different regions of the world. IPAL provides a three-year cycle of seminars for the professional development of evangelical academic leaders and administrators to help institutions in their pursuit of quality and excellence in ... Read more

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  • How to Run a College

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    by Brian C. Mitchell, W. Joseph King ...
    Series series Higher Ed Leadership Essentials
    How can colleges stay relevant in the twenty-first century?Residential colleges are the foundation on which US higher education is based. These institutions possess storied traditions fondly cherished by students, alumni, and faculty. There is no denying, however, that all colleges today struggle with changing consumer preferences, high sticker prices, and aging infrastructure. Technological and ... Read more

    $25.39 USD