The fifth wave: the evolution of American higher education

"Building on the success of Designing the New American University (JHUP, 2015), this book examines the historical development of American higher education (in four preceding waves: colonial colleges, universities state universities, land-grant universities, research) and then describes the emer...

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1. Verfasser: Crow, Michael M. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore, Maryland Johns Hopkins University Press [2020]
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Zusammenfassung:"Building on the success of Designing the New American University (JHUP, 2015), this book examines the historical development of American higher education (in four preceding waves: colonial colleges, universities state universities, land-grant universities, research) and then describes the emerging next wave of institutions that will transform the field. What emerges in this fifth wave of universities, of which ASU is an exemplar, are institutions responsive to the needs of students, committed to access, regionally embedded, and focused on solving global problems interdisciplinarily"--
Beschreibung:xiii, 478 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781421438023
142143802X