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Igniting the Spark for Success
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Artikel-Nr:
9781442204485
Veröffentl:
2011
Seiten:
176
Autor:
Allan M. Hoffman
Serie:
The ACE Series on Higher Education
eBook Typ:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Rising costs, increasing global competition, intensifying calls for accountability—all these pressures are bearing down upon the status quo of higher education today. Governments, funders, students, and parents are demanding strategic improvements in all aspects of postsecondary education. Reform cannot happen slowly—colleges and universities must take a rapid and dynamic approach to change. The answer lies in innovation, as this book shows, to promote fresh ideas and bring higher education professionals together to effect real and dramatic change.
Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad of success stories are being forged among educational institutions, supporting industries, and educational consortia that are embracing innovative approaches to all aspects of the higher education system. This book spotlights those fresh approaches and aims to bring higher education professionals together, as part of a broad, national movement to motivate reflection and encourage similar dynamic efforts. The editors and expert contributors focus in particular on areas such as measures of academic quality, benchmarking, faculty development, retention, curriculum development, technology, and facilities. In each case, this book illustrates successful pilot programs and documents tools that have proven to maximize efficiencies crucial to the continued success of the entire higher learning community.
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Preface
Part I. A View From the Top
Introduction to Part I
Chapter 1: The Evolution of Higher Education
Chapter 2: Perspectives on Innovation
Chapter 3: Does Accreditation Inhibit Innovation?
Chapter 4: Measuring Success
Chapter 5: The Present State of Higher Education, University of Pheonix
Chapter 6: Community Colleges: Developing a Culture of Innovation and Change, Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Part II. Success: In Their Own Words
Introduction to Part II
Chapter 7: Academic Quality Measures
Chapter 8: Benchmarking
Chapter 9: Faculty Development
Chapter 10: Student Retention
Chapter 11: Curriculum Development
Chapter 12: Technology
Chapter 13: Facilities
Part III. Putting it All Together
Introduction to Part III
Chapter 14: Motivating for Success - College of DuPage
Chapter 15: Building the Capacity for Change through Innovation - Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Acknowledgments
Preface
Part I. A View From the Top
Introduction to Part I
Chapter 1: The Evolution of Higher Education
Chapter 2: Perspectives on Innovation
Chapter 3: Does Accreditation Inhibit Innovation?
Chapter 4: Measuring Success
Chapter 5: The Present State of Higher Education, University of Pheonix
Chapter 6: Community Colleges: Developing a Culture of Innovation and Change, Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Part II. Success: In Their Own Words
Introduction to Part II
Chapter 7: Academic Quality Measures
Chapter 8: Benchmarking
Chapter 9: Faculty Development
Chapter 10: Student Retention
Chapter 11: Curriculum Development
Chapter 12: Technology
Chapter 13: Facilities
Part III. Putting it All Together
Introduction to Part III
Chapter 14: Motivating for Success - College of DuPage
Chapter 15: Building the Capacity for Change through Innovation - Minnesota State Colleges and Universities