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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Making the university matter Making the university matter Barbie Zelizer "Making the University Matter investigates how academics situate themselves simultaneously in the university and the world and how doing so affects the viability of the university setting. The univer… OL16140160W
Quality in higher education Quality in higher education Turner, David A. professor "The quality of higher education is a hot topic, especially as students around the world are asked to pay more towards their own education, and expect to get what they pay for. In addition, league t… OL19898065W
The great mistake The great mistake Christopher Newfield Higher education in America, still thought to be the world leader, is in crisis. University students are falling behind their international peers in attainment, while suffering from unprecedented stu… OL20046446W
Designing state higher education systems for a new century Designing state higher education systems for a new century Richard C. Richardson "Based on a study by the California Higher Education Policy Center, now The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, this new work from the ACE/Oryx Series on Higher Education proposes… OL20140416W
Academic identities in higher education Academic identities in higher education Evans, Linda,Jon Nixon "Academic identity is continually being formed and reformed by the institutional, socio-cultural and political contexts within which academic practitioners operate. In Europe the impact of the 2008 e… OL22316540W
The university in ruins The university in ruins Bill Readings "It is no longer clear what role the University plays in society. The structure of the contemporary University is changing rapidly, and we have yet to understand what precisely these changes will mea… OL2977642W