{"product_id":"checklist-for-change-making-american-higher-education-a-sustainable-enterprise-hardback-9780813561349","title":"Checklist for Change; Making American Higher Education a Sustainable Enterprise (Hardback) 9780813561349","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChecklist for Change\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMaking American Higher Education a Sustainable Enterprise\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Zemsky (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813561349\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 August 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.513 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"In Zemsky's blunt and accessible new book, he delivers a refreshing vision and outline for reforming American higher education that is neither starry-eyed nor hopeless, and thankfully free of neo-inspirational screed, flowery rhetoric, or a call-to-arms ending. His diagnosis of and solutions to escalating costs, improving scholarship, and raising completion rates are thought-provoking, and he cites many real-life innovations.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e (Publishers Weekly) \u003cdiv\u003e\"This book is a call to arms-a compelling and challenging synthesis of the experiences, analysis, and wisdom of a leader in higher education policy.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - James J. Duderstadt (University of Michigan) \u003cdiv\u003e\"This book is a breakthrough contribution. Zemsky tells us to stop making the same old, unproductive arguments yet again, and to take a set of actions which, in combination, will help us create a new, effective, and sustainable future for higher education.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Richard A. Detweiler (President, Great Lakes Colleges Association)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAlmost every day American higher education is making news with a list of problems that includes the incoherent nature of the curriculum, the resistance of the faculty to change, and the influential role of the federal government both through major investments in student aid and intrusive policies. \u003ci\u003eChecklist for Change\u003c\/i\u003e not only diagnoses these problems, but also provides constructive recommendations for practical change. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Zemsky details the complications that have impeded every credible reform intended to change American higher education. He demythologizes such initiatives as the Morrill Act, the GI Bill, and the Higher Education Act of 1972, shedding new light on their origins and the ways they have shaped higher education in unanticipated and not commonly understood ways. Next, he addresses overly simplistic arguments about the causes of the problems we face and builds a convincing argument that well-intentioned actions have combined to create the current mess for which everyone is to blame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing provocative case studies, Zemsky describes the reforms being implemented at a few institutions with the hope that these might serve as harbingers of the kinds of change needed: the University of Minnesota at Rochester’s compact curriculum in the health sciences only, Whittier College’s emphasis on learning outcomes, and the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s coherent overall curriculum. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn conclusion, Zemsky describes the principal changes that must occur not singly but in combination. These include a fundamental recasting of federal financial aid; new mechanisms for better channeling the competition among colleges and universities; recasting the undergraduate curriculum; and a stronger, more collective faculty voice in governance that defines not why, but how the enterprise must change.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. Trapped in an Ecclesiastes Moment\u003cbr\u003e 2. A Faculty Encamped Just North of Armageddon\u003cbr\u003e 3. A Federalized Market with Little Incentive to Change\u003cbr\u003e 4. A Regulatory Quagmire\u003cbr\u003e 5. A Troublesome Fractiousness\u003cbr\u003e 6. A Disruptive Lexicon\u003cbr\u003e 7. A Different Footprint\u003cbr\u003e 8. A Liberal Arts Conundrum\u003cbr\u003e 9. A New Peace Treaty\u003cbr\u003e 10. A Stronger Faculty Voice\u003cbr\u003e 11. A Competent Curriculum\u003cbr\u003e 12. A Federal Commitment to Fix, Fund, and Facilitate\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559333851416,"sku":"9780813561349","price":27.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/checklist-for-change-making-american-higher-education-a-sustainable-enterprise-hardback-9780813561349","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}