Accountability in American Higher Education [electronic resource] /
Carey, K.editor.
Schneider, M.editor.
In Accountability in American Higher Education prominent academics, entrepreneurs, and journalists assess the obstacles to, and potential opportunities for, accountability in higher education in America. Providing analysis that can be used to engage institutions of higher education in the difficult but necessary conversation of accountability.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
On the foundations of standardized assessment of college outcomes and estimating value added / by Jeffrey Steedle -- Faculty scholarly productivity at American research universities / by Lawrence Martin -- Student unit record systems and postsecondary accountability: exploiting emerging data resources / by Peter Ewell -- Higher education finance and accountability / by Bridget Terry-Long -- Death of a university / by Kevin Carey -- What's governance got to do with it? / by Anne Neal, Erin O'Connor, Maurice Black -- How college rankings are going global (and why their spread will be good for higher education) / by Ben Wildavsky -- The politics of higher education / by Mark Schneider -- Accountability for community colleges: moving forward / by Sara Goldrick-Rab -- Scaling back tenure: how claims of academic freedom limit accountability in higher education / by Naomi Riley -- Policy barriers to post-secondary cost control / by Burck Smith.
In Accountability in American Higher Education prominent academics, entrepreneurs, and journalists assess the obstacles to, and potential opportunities for, accountability in higher education in America. Providing analysis that can be used to engage institutions of higher education in the difficult but necessary conversation of accountability.
Higher education.
Education—Philosophy.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Higher Education.
Educational Philosophy.
Educational Policy and Politics.