In Defense of American Higher Education
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Philip G. Altbach is Monan Professor of Higher Education and director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College. Patricia J. Gumport is an associate professor of Higher Education and director of the National Center for Postsecondary Improvement at Stanford University. D. Bruce Johnstone is a university professor at State University of New York, Buffalo.Belongs on any academic bookshelf that seeks to balance the wave of criticism now so prevalent in the field. University Business A confident overview of the current condition of today's universities. Researchers, policymakers, and graduate students will appreciate the opportunity to react to some of the best minds in the field of higher education as they examine the state of the American university and predict its future direction. -- Brandyn Payne Peabody Journal of Education The value of this thoughtful collection of essays is more in its enduring than its timely concerns. The legacy of American higher education, we are reminded, is one of resilience, promise, and, to be sure, excellence despite the many challenges it faces in the near and longer terms. -- Matthew Miller Planning for Higher Education 2003 The contributions are informative and gather together scholars and evidence from many areas. -- Leonard L. Baird Teachers College Record 2003 Comprehensive and informative to both academic and non-academic readers. -- Elise Langan Higher Education Policy 2006
—Martin Meyerson, University Professor Emeritus and President Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania