Title: Higher learning in America, 1980-2000 /
Authors: Levine, Arthur
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Kerr, Clark,; Kerr, Clark,; Education, Higher United States History; Universities and colleges United States History
Abstract: "The next decade promises to be a challenging one for colleges and universities. This book explains why... The essays provide an informative historical guide of the past decade while also looking into the future of higher education."-- Christian Science Monitor.
Contents: Government and higher education / Patrick M. Callan -- The economy and higher education / Margaret Gordon -- Federalism in American higher education / Martin Trow -- Research universities in a new era : from the 1980s to the 1990s / Roger L. Geiger -- Liberal arts colleges : what price survival? / David W. Breneman -- Community colleges : making winners out of ordinary people / Leslie Koltai -- California : a multisegment system / Neil J. Smelser -- Higher education coordination : Australia and the United States / Lyman A. Glenny -- The return to Europe : issues in post-communist higher education / Ladislav Cerych --