| Description |
xx, 283 pages ; 27 cm |
| Series |
American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education |
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American Council on Education/Praeger series on higher education.
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| Contents |
Sect. 1. Higher Education and Society -- 1. Purpose -- 2. Social Issues -- Sect. 2. Academic Affairs -- 3. Educational Policy -- 4. Learning -- 5. Research and Scholarship -- 6. Teaching -- Sect. 3. Institutions and Processes -- 7. The Campus -- 8. Institutions -- 9. Governance and Administration -- 10. Management -- Sect. 4. Educational Roles -- 11. The Faculty -- 12. The Students -- 13. The President |
| Summary |
"This unique book offers quotations that reflect both historic and current thinking in the field of higher education. These quotations are enjoyable to read, useful to those who speak and write on the subject of higher education, and illustrative of the enduring purposes of the academic enterprise. This book will be of particular value of academic, political, and journalistic practitioners who prepare speeches, position papers, or news backgrounders for both professional and lay audiences, as well as for scholars seeking citations to materials that are otherwise difficult to locate."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Quotations, maxims, etc.
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Universities and colleges -- Quotations, maxims, etc.
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| LC no. |
2003059646 |
| ISBN |
0275980715 alkaline paper |
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