Carey / Schneider Accountability in American Higher Education

2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-11530-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 355 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Education Policy

In Accountability in American Higher Education prominent academics, entrepreneurs, and journalists assess the obstacles to, and potential opportunities for, accountability in higher education in America. Providing analysis that can be used to engage institutions of higher education in the difficult but necessary conversation of accountability.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carey, K.

Schneider, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; K.Carey  & M.Schneider On the Foundations of Standardized Assessment of College Outcomes and Estimating Value Added; J.Steedle Faculty Scholarly Productivity at American Research Universities; L.Martin Student Unit Record Systems and Postsecondary Accountability: Exploiting Emerging Data Resources; P.Ewell Higher Education Finance and Accountability; B.Terry-Long Death of a University; K.Carey What's Governance Got to do With It?; A.Neal, E.O'Connor & M.Black How College Rankings Are Going Global (and Why Their Spread Will Be Good For Higher Education); B.Wildavsky The Politics of Higher Education; M.Schneider Accountability for Community Colleges: Moving Forward; S.Goldrick-Rab Scaling Back Tenure: How Claims of Academic Freedom Limit Accountability in Higher Education; N.Riley Policy Barriers to Post-Secondary Cost Control; B.Smith

Über Autor(innen)

KEVIN CAREY Policy Director of Education Sector in Washington, D.C, USA. MARK SCHNEIDER is Vice President for New Education Initiatives at the American Institutes for Research with the American Enterprise Institute and Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Stony Brook University, State University of New York, USA.