American higher education : issues and institutions /

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Main Authors: Thelin, John R., 1947
Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Core concepts in higher education
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xiv, 365 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781138888142
1138888141
9781138888135
1138888133
9781315713649
1315713640
9781317498605
1317498607
Index Number: LA227
CLC: G649.712
Call Number: G649.712/T379
Contents: Introduction: higher education inside and out -- Bricks and mortar: creating the American campus -- Teaching and learning -- Students and student life -- Faculty and the academic profession -- Governance and organization: structures and cultures -- Fiscal fitness: budgets and finances -- Intercollegiate athletics: higher education's peculiar institution -- Public policies: the campus and federal, state, and local governments -- Fund raising and philanthropy: the nonprofit sector -- Research and development: the enterprising campus -- Colleges and consumerism: cost and price of higher educati