Vicente M Lechuga

The Changing Landscape of the Academic Profession

Faculty Culture at For-Profit Colleges and Universities

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Produktbeschreibung

This study provides a framework for understanding faculty roles and responsibilities at for profit colleges and universities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780415646499
• ISBN-10: 0415646499
• Artikelnr.: 36539633

Autorenporträt

Vicente M. Lechuga is a postdoctoral researcher in the Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis, at the University of Southern California. He is the co-editor of the recent New Directions for Higher Education issue entitled Restructuring Shared Governance in HigherEducation. He received the 2004 Excellence in the Academy Award from the National Education Association for an article he co-authored, with William G. Tierney, on academic freedom.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I The Changing Landscape of Higher Education
Chapter 1 The Contours of Higher Education
Chapter 2 Mapping the For-Profit Terrain
Chapter 3 A Case Study Approach to Faculty Culture
Part II Perspectives from Within
Chapter 4 Distance Learning University
Chapter 5 Pacific-Atlantic University
Chapter 6 Miller College
Chapter 7 Southeastern College
Chapter 8 Looking Beyond Each Institution
Part III A Distinct Perspective of Faculty Work Life
Chapter 9 A Cross-Institutional Analysis
Chapter 10 Re-Evaluating Faculty Culture Interview Protocol E-mail Invitation