Higher education and the new society
By: George Keller.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780801890314
Subjects: Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States; Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- United States; Educational change -- United States
Description: "While he celebrated higher education as the engine of progress in every aspect of American life, George Keller also challenged academia's sacred cows and entrenched practices with provocative ideas designed to induce "creative discomfort." Completed shortly before his death in 2007, Higher Education and the New Society caps the career of one of higher education's exceptional minds." "Refining and expanding ideas Keller developed over his fifty-year career, this book is a clarion call for change. In the face of a transformed American society marked by population shifts, technological upheavals, and a volatile economic landscape, Keller urges leaders in higher education to see and confront their own serious problems." "With characteristic forthrightness and inimitable wit, Keller targets critical areas where bold thinking is especially important, taking on such explosive issues as the configuration of academic disciplines, the runaway problem of big-time sports, the decline of the liberal arts, and the urgent problems of finances and costs. Keller expected this book to ignite discussion and controversy within academic circles, and he hoped fervently that it would also lead to real thinking, real analysis, and urgently needed transformation."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-180) and index.
Table of contents: title: The ingredients of the new society; title: Education's response to the new society; title: What's next for America's colleges and universities?; title: Remodeling the kingpin.