1st Edition
Introduction to American Higher Education
Written primarily for students in higher education and student affairs graduate programs, Introduction to American Higher Education is a groundbreaking textbook that combines classic scholarship pertaining to colleges and universities with the most cutting-edge perspectives in the field.
The book is divided into five sections and contains 25 essential readings on the following topics:
- Faculty
- Teaching, Learning and Curriculum
- College Students
- Organizations, Leadership and Governance
- Higher Education Policy
Each section includes chapters on community colleges and four-year institutions, as well as a substantive overview written by an expert scholar in the field: Ann E. Austin, Clifton F. Conrad, Laura I. Rendόn, Adrianna J. Kezar, and Edward P. St. John. This impressive volume ensures that faculty members will no longer have to compile their own collections of articles and chapters for use in introductory courses—Introduction to American Higher Education brings together the best scholarship in one comprehensive text.
Preface
Prologue, John R. Thelin
About the Editors and Section Editors
Advisory Groups
Faculty, Ann E. Austin, Section Editor
1. The American Faculty in Perspective, Jack H. Schuster and Martin J. Finkelstein
2. Small Worlds, Different Worlds: The Uniquenesses and Troubles of American Academic Professions, Burton R. Clark
3. The Extent and Nature of Scholarly Activities among Community College Faculty, Barbara K. Townsend and Vicki J. Rosser
4. Faculty of Color in Academe: What 20 Years of Literature Tells Us, Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner, Juan Carlos González, and J. Luke Wood
5. The Changing Context for Faculty Work and Workplaces, Judith M. Gappa, Ann E. Austin, and Andrea G. Trice
Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Clifton F. Conrad, Section Editor
6. External Influences on Curriculum: Sociocultural Context, Lisa R. Lattuca and Joan S. Stark
7. The Rise of the ‘Practical Arts,’ Steven Brint
8. The Canon Debate, Knowledge Construction, and Multicultural Education, James A. Banks
9. The Learning College: Creating a New Architecture for Community Colleges, Terry O’Banion
10. Teaching-for-Learning (TFL): A Model for Faculty to Advance Student Learning, Clifton F. Conrad, Jason Johnson, and Divya Malik Gupta
Students, Laura I. Rendón, Section Editor
11. What Educators and Administrators Need to Know about College Student Engagement, George D. Kuh
12. Looking in the Rearview Mirror: Factors Affecting Transfer for Urban Community College Students, Linda Serra Hagedorn, Scott Cypers, and Jaime Lester
13. Theoretical Considerations in the Study of Minority Student Retention in Higher Education, Laura I. Rendón, Romero E. Jalomo, and Amaury Nora
14. Diversity and Higher Education: Theory and Impact on Educational Outcomes, Patricia Gurin, Eric L. Dey, Sylvia Hurtado, and Gerald Gurin
15. Nine Themes in Campus Racial Climates and Implications for Institutional Transformation, Shaun R. Harper and Sylvia Hurtado
Organization, administration and governance, Adrianna J. Kezar, Section Editor
16. Problems of Governance, Management, and Leadership in Academic Institutions, Robert Birnbaum
17. Loosely Coupled Systems: A Reconceptualization, J. Douglas Orton and Karl E. Weick
18. Organizational Culture in Higher Education: Defining the Essentials, William G. Tierney
19. The Effect of Institutional Culture on Change Strategies in Higher Education: Universal Principles or Culturally Responsive Concepts? Adrianna J. Kezar and Peter D. Eckel
20. Community College Organizational Climate for Minorities and Women, Barbara K. Townsend
Policy, Edward P. St. John, Section Editor
21. Autonomy and Accountability: Who Controls Academe? Frank A. Schmidtlein and Robert O. Berdahl
22. Lobbying in Higher Education: Theory and Practice, Michael D. Parsons
23. State Funding Limitations and Community College Open Door Policy: Conflicting Priorities? Ruth Zimmer Hendrick, William H. Hightower, and Dennis E. Gregory
24. Federal Involvement in Higher Education Desegregation: An Unfinished Agenda, Clifton F. Conrad and David J. Weerts
25. Affirmative Action and the Creation of More Favorable Contexts of Choice, Michele S. Moses
Epilogue, Paul D. Umbach, Lisa R. Lattuca, Samuel D. Museus, Matthew Hartley, and Tatiana Melguizo
Biography
Shaun R. Harper is Associate Professor of Higher Education, Africana Studies, and Gender Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Jerlando F. L. Jackson is Associate Professor of Higher Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also serves as Director of the Wisconsin's Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei Lab).
