Changing Course
Subtitle: Making the Hard Decisions to Eliminate Academic Programs (Studies in Higher Education)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: September 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780313322259
Subjects: Administration - General; Higher; Education / Curricula; Organizations & Institutions; Education / Teaching; Curricula; Curriculum change; Curriculum planning; Education, Higher; United States; Education
First sentence: For most American colleges and universities, the pendulum has swung from the heyday of growth, prosperity, and public favor to a time marked by increased competition, globalization, decreased public funding, and heightened calls for accountability-all of which means that higher education can no longer follow well-worn paths of operating seeking growth and expansion with little regard to outside demands.