American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century: Social, Political, and Economic Challenges

by Michael N. Bastedo (Editor), Philip G. Altbach (Editor), Patricia J. Gumport (Editor)

Overview

First three editions published with Philip G. Altbach as the principal editor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781421444390
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	01/31/2023
Edition description:	fifth edition
Pages:	576
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.72(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Michael N. Bastedo is an associate professor of education at the University of Michigan.

Philip G. Altbach is the J. Donald Monan, SJ, Professor of Higher Education and director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College.

Patricia J. Gumport is a professor of education, the vice-provost for graduate education, and the director of the Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research at Stanford University. She is coeditor of the fourth edition of American Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century: Social, Political, and Economic Challenges and In Defense of American Higher Education, both published by Johns Hopkins.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Part I Core Enduring Missions

1 The Ten Generations of American Higher Education Roger L. Geiger 3

2 Academic Freedom: Its Historical Development, Current State, and Future Challenges Jeffrey C. Sun 37

3 Curriculum Making in Higher Education: A Basis for Teaching and Learning Lisa R. Lattuca Michael Brown 68

4 Harsh Realities: The Professoriate in the Twenty-First Century Philip G. Altbach Martin Finkelstein 94

5 Teaching that Supports Students' Academic Learning: Implications for Higher Education Practice, Policy, and Leadership Anna Neumann 119

6 Graduate Education: From Research Foundations to Student-Centered Reform Patricia J. Gumport 144

Part II Macro Forces at Work

7 Global Patterns of Higher Education Development Philip G. Altbach Hans de Wit 181

8 Activism and Social Movements in College: Actors, Contexts, Tactics, and Strategies of Postsecondary Political Engagement Charles H. F. Davis III Demetri Morgan Katherine S. Cho 207

9 Federal Policy and Policy Making for Higher Education Robert Kelcken Rebecca Natow 235

10 The States and Higher Education David A. Tandberg Denisa Gándara 260

11 The Legal Environment: Higher Education Law and the Politics That Shape It Joy Blanchard Liliana M. Garces 289

12 Financing American Higher Education Nicholas Hillman Audrey Peek 313

Part III Frontiers of Rapid Change

13 Extending Opportunity, Perpetuating Privilege: Institutional Stratification amid Educational Expansion Lauren T. Schudde Wonsun Ryu 343

14 A Critical Race Analysis of Racism in US Higher Education Jessica Harris Daniela Conde Julia Rose Karpicz 370

15 Technology: The Solution to Higher Education's Pressing Problems? Laura W. Perna Roman Ruiz Julio Brickfield 396

16 Boards, Administrators, and Faculty: Collaborating Necessarily in New Ways Peter D. Eckel Adriarma Kezar 424

17 Broad-Access Institutions: Sites of Possibility and Opportunity Leslie D. Gonzales Tykeia N. Robinson 449

18 Community Colleges: Origin, Evolution, Principles, and Debates Peter Riley and Jillian Leigh Gross 474

19 Markets, State, and Higher Education: Trends in Academic Capitalism Gary Rhoades 506

Contributors 533

Index 543

What People are Saying About This

Alan C. Frantz

Anyone who wants an in-depth introduction to US higher education and its history, current issues, and trends should read this book, especially those new in the ranks of college faculty, administrators, and trustees; legislators and lobbyists; and personnel in state and federal agencies, accrediting bodies, and associations. Prior editions have fostered wonderful discussion in my graduate courses in higher education administration. The book would serve programs around the globe that have a course comparing higher education systems; this text will help people understand the American 'non-system.'

Joshua Kim

Bastedo, Gumport, and Altbach have delivered on crafting an updated version of American Higher Education that is highly relevant to academia in 2021, one that will remain a fundamental text for students of higher education for years to come. The fifth edition succeeds in bringing up to date the issues, trends, and challenges that higher education faces today while retaining all the strengths of the previous volume, including consistently clear writing and arguments that are situated in the literature and firmly grounded in data. Bravo!

From the Publisher

Anyone who wants an in-depth introduction to US higher education and its history, current issues, and trends should read this book, especially those new in the ranks of college faculty, administrators, and trustees; legislators and lobbyists; and personnel in state and federal agencies, accrediting bodies, and associations. Prior editions have fostered wonderful discussion in my graduate courses in higher education administration. The book would serve programs around the globe that have a course comparing higher education systems; this text will help people understand the American 'non-system.'
—Alan C. Frantz, Idaho State University

Editorial Reviews

Anyone who wants an in-depth introduction to US higher education and its history, current issues, and trends should read this book, especially those new in the ranks of college faculty, administrators, and trustees; legislators and lobbyists; and personnel in state and federal agencies, accrediting bodies, and associations. Prior editions have fostered wonderful discussion in my graduate courses in higher education administration. The book would serve programs around the globe that have a course comparing higher education systems; this text will help people understand the American 'non-system.'

Alan C. Frantz

This fourth edition of the book has been thoroughly revised and offers a comprehensive introduction to the central issues facing higher education in the United States today.

IAU Horizons

This fourth edition of the book has been thoroughly revised and offers a comprehensive introduction to the central issues facing higher education in the United States today.
—IAU Horizons

From the Publisher

Extensive, thorough, and authoritative.

GlobalForesightBooks.org

Comprehensive and informative to both academic and non-academic readers.

Higher Education Policy

This excellent compendium is an indispensable reference . . . An impressive volume that those concerned with the future of American colleges and universities should acquire.

Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement

Part history, part assessment of current issues, and part prognostication of our professional future, American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century is an excellent primer, easily accessible for graduate students, legislators and/or their aides, and institutional administrators.

Review of Higher Education

An excellent overview of most, if not all, of the major challenges that institutions of higher education are facing today and will continue to experience in the future.

Choice

This book offers as comprehensive a treatment of the subject as I have seen in a very long time. It is unique in that it explores contextual issues in higher education relative to larger policy concerns (at institutional, state, and national levels) rather than considering them in relation to technical institutional research/planning concerns. The scholarship reflects broad, comprehensive, and up-to-date treatment of important higher education issues that the scholars contributing to this volume have been studying for some time.

James C. Hearn