American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century

Michael N. Bastedo (ANN ARBOR, MI) is a professor of education and associate dean in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan. He is the editor of The Organization of Higher Education: Managing Colleges for a New Era. Philip G. Altbach (CHESTNUT HILL, MA) is a research professor and the founding director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College. He is the author of Global Perspectives on Higher Education. Patricia J. Gumport (STANFORD, CA) is a professor of education and the director of the Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research at Stanford University. She is the author of Academic Fault Lines: Rise of Industry Logic in Public Higher Education and the editor of Sociology of Higher Education: Contributions and Their Contexts.

• PrefacePart 1: Core Enduring Missions1. The Ten Generations of American Higher Education, by Roger L. Geiger2. Academic Freedom: Its Historical Development, Current State, and Future Challenges, by Jeffrey C. Sun3. Curriculum Making in Higher Education: A Basis for Teaching and Learning, by Lisa Lattuca and Michael G. Brown4. Harsh Realities: The Professoriate in the Twenty-First Century, by Philip G. Altbach and Martin J. Finkelstein5. Teaching that Supports Students' Academic Learning: Implications for Higher Education Practice, Policy, and Leadership , by Anna Neumann6. Graduate Education: From Research Foundations to Student-Centered Reform, by Patricia J. GumportPart 2: Macro Forces at Work7. Global Patterns of Higher Education Development, by Philip G. Altbach and Hans de Wit8. Activism and Social Movements in College: Actors, Contexts, Tactics, and Strategies of Postsecondary Political Engagement, by Charles H. F. Davis III, Demetri L. Morgan, and Katherine S. Cho9. Federal Policy and Policymaking for Higher Education, by Robert Kelchen and Rebecca S. Natow10. The States and Higher Education, by David Tandberg and Denisa Gándara11. The Legal Environment: Higher Education Law and the Politics That Shape It, by Joy Blanchard and Liliana Garces12. Financing American Higher Education, by Nicholas W. Hillman and Audrey PeekPart 3: Frontiers of Rapid Change13. Extending Opportunity, Perpetuating Privilege: Institutional Stratification amid Educational Expansion, by Lauren Schudde and Wonsun Ryu14. A Critical Race Analysis of Racism in U.S. Higher Education, by Jessica Harris, Daniela Conde, and Julia Karpicz15. Technology: The Solution to Higher Education's Pressing Problems?, by Laura W. Perna, Roman Ruiz, and Julia Brickfield16. Boards, Administrators and Faculty: Collaborating Necessarily in New Ways, by Peter D. Eckel and Adrianna Kezar17. Broad-Access Institutions: Sites of Possibility, Opportunity, and Epistemic Justice, by Leslie Gonzales and Tykeia N. Robinson18. Community Colleges, by Peter Bahr and Jillian Gross Fortgang19. Markets, State, and Higher Education: Trends in Academic Capitalism, by Gary RhoadesContributorsIndex