Description
Based on the authors' experiences in academe over seventy-five years, The Higher Education Scene in America: Some Observations discusses a number of issues that confront America's higher education scene today. Those issue embrace such problems as: (1) the missions(s) of our colleges and universities and the development of critical thinking and/or employability; (2) the role of for-profit academic institutions; (3) the impact of online technology; (4) diffusion of power and achievement of consensus between administrators and faculty; (5) the importance of financial matters, embracing budgets, fundraising, and endowments; (6) the insidious problem of conflicts of interest; (7) the scandalous impact of big-time, big-money Division 1 sports on academe; (8) the growth of non-academic functions; and (9) the importance of leadership in consensual institutions and how leaders are chosen.
About the Author
Abraham L. Gitlow is emeritus dean and emeritus professor of economics in the Stern School of Business at New York University. Howard S. Gitlow is professor of management science in the School of Business Administration at the University of Miami.
Reviews
It is this open acknowledgment that institutions, and those actors inside them, are working with multiple - sometimes harmonious and sometimes contentious - missions in mind, which makes the Gitlows' book a refreshing read. Perhaps it is due to the fact that this father and son team have spent a combined seventy-five years in academia, not just as scholars but also as administrators, that their combined work presents such a reasoned approach. . . .While a must read for anyone contemplating a future career as a university president or provost, this book also proves to be insightful to administrators, faculty, and policy makers, or anyone whose professional life is grounded in the world of higher education. * Reflective Teaching *
Another really insightful book about higher education from the Gitlows, father and son. This is a must-read for not only trustees, overseers, and the like but also for college administrators and, yes, even faculty members. Not since the publication of Henry Wriston's The Academic Procession have I read a better 'think piece' for anyone who aspires to be or is currently a college president. -- Richard West, emeritus dean, Stern School of Business, New York University
Book Information
ISBN 9780761864585
Author Abraham Gitlow
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint University Press of America
Publisher University Press of America
Weight(grams) 336g
Dimensions(mm) 223mm * 155mm * 16mm
About the Author
Abraham L. Gitlow is emeritus dean and emeritus professor of economics in the Stern School of Business at New York University. Howard S. Gitlow is professor of management science in the School of Business Administration at the University of Miami.
Reviews
It is this open acknowledgment that institutions, and those actors inside them, are working with multiple - sometimes harmonious and sometimes contentious - missions in mind, which makes the Gitlows' book a refreshing read. Perhaps it is due to the fact that this father and son team have spent a combined seventy-five years in academia, not just as scholars but also as administrators, that their combined work presents such a reasoned approach. . . .While a must read for anyone contemplating a future career as a university president or provost, this book also proves to be insightful to administrators, faculty, and policy makers, or anyone whose professional life is grounded in the world of higher education. * Reflective Teaching *
Another really insightful book about higher education from the Gitlows, father and son. This is a must-read for not only trustees, overseers, and the like but also for college administrators and, yes, even faculty members. Not since the publication of Henry Wriston's The Academic Procession have I read a better 'think piece' for anyone who aspires to be or is currently a college president. -- Richard West, emeritus dean, Stern School of Business, New York University
Book Information
ISBN 9780761864585
Author Abraham Gitlow
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint University Press of America
Publisher University Press of America
Weight(grams) 336g
Dimensions(mm) 223mm * 155mm * 16mm
