Controversies on Campus (eBook, ePUB)

Debating the Issues Confronting American Universities in the 21st Century
Redaktion: Blanchard, Joy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Providing a comprehensive review of pressing issues roiling American college campuses today, this book is a valuable resource for students and scholars alike. People often refer to America's colleges and universities as "Ivory Towers," a term that implies that campuses are innocent places of study largely insulated from wider societal concerns. In actuality, our nation's universities are hotbeds of controversy. Some of these sources of heated debate relate directly to access to the college experience, such as the rising cost of tuition and admission policies related to student diversity. Others reflect wider societal schisms, such as divisions over sexual assault (both causes and responses) and "political correctness." Controversies on Campus: Debating the Issues Confronting American Universities in the 21st Century examines the myriad controversies regarding today's college campuses and student bodies, such as tuition costs, campus rape, academic freedom/free speech, gun policies, binge drinking, "hook-up" culture, corporatization of academic research, poverty-level wages of adjunct faculty, and student-athletes in the era of big-money amateur sports. The book objectively examines these issues and others, taking care to not only present up-to-date quantifiable data to help readers understand the controversy but also to provide a fair and impartial summary of perspectives on the issue in question. It is a one-stop resource for learning about a wide range of issues and controversies confronting American colleges and universities and the people-students, professors, and administrators-who comprise those communities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216066088
• Artikelnr.: 68164838

Autorenporträt

Joy Blanchard, PhD, is associate professor of higher education at Louisiana State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Scott L. Thomas Part One Contemporary Opportunities and
Challenges around Diversifying American Universities Chapter 1
Understanding the Controversy around Race-Based Affirmative Action in
American Higher Education Dwayne Kwaysee Wright and Liliana M. Garces
Chapter 2 Access Granted? Challenges, Controversies, and Opportunities
around College Access in American Higher Education Ashley B. Clayton and
Darris R. Means Chapter 3 Challenges in Retention and Access Charlie
Andrews and Rebekah Schulze Chapter 4 Undocumented Students: Welcome or
Not? Glenda Droogsma Musoba Chapter 5 Diversity on Campus and the Chief
Diversity Officer: Purpose and Preparation Roland W. Mitchell, Chaunda A.
Mitchell, Jerry W. Whitmore Jr., and Kenneth Fasching Varner Part Two
Contemporary Issues Surrounding the College Curriculum and Instructional
Delivery Chapter 6 Prestige, Rankings, and Competition for Status Jeongeun
Kim Chapter 7 Accreditation in the United States Ryan Thomas Landry
Chapter 8 Curriculum Reform: The Aims and Purposes of Higher Education
David W. Robinson-Morris Chapter 9 Under Siege: The Future of the Liberal
Arts at State U. B. Noble Jones and James C. Hearn Chapter 10
Competency-Based Education: A Disruptive Innovation Requiring Demonstrated
Performance Jeffrey C. Sun Chapter 11 Tracing a Troubled Sector: For-Profit
Higher Education's Institutional Identity Constance Iloh Part Three Issues
Facing American College Students in the 21st Century Chapter 12 Social
Media: Dialogues on Learning, Engagement, Activism, and Identity Paul
William Eaton Chapter 13 The Struggle for Equity in Intercollegiate
Athletics Joy Blanchard Chapter 14 Unfinished Business for Student
Veterans: Gaps in Policy and Practice David DiRamio Chapter 15 Guns on
Campus: Are They Helping or Hurting? Mercy Roberg Part Four Legal and
Regulatory Issues Facing the 21st-Century American University and Students
Chapter 16 Sexual Violence on College Campuses Joy Blanchard Chapter 17
"Open" Campus Areas and Students' First Amendment Speech Rights Neal H.
Hutchens and Kerry Brian Melear Chapter 18 Substance Abuse Policies on
College Campuses: Is Practice in Line with the Law? Joy Blanchard and Frank
A. Rojas Part Five The Impact of the Economy and Financial Policy on
Contemporary Universities Chapter 19 Current Trends and Issues in College
and University Endowments Kenneth E. Redd, Lindsay K. Wayt, and Lesley
McBain Chapter 20 Incorporating Innovation and Entrepreneurship in STEM
Programs: The Challenges of Universities as Engines of Economic Growth
Beth-Anne Schuelke-Leech Chapter 21 Who Benefits? A Critical Analysis of
State Merit Aid Programs and the Impact on Public Higher Education
Institutions Kerii Landry-Thomas Chapter 22 Performance-Based Funding: The
New Normal for State Accountability Policies Paul G. Rubin and Lori Prince
Hagood Chapter 23 The Future of Public Higher Education Funding: A
Federal-State Partnership F. King Alexander and Ashley Arceneaux About the
Editor and Contributors Index