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• catalog abstract "Annotation. This hard-hitting critique of the poor quality of undergraduate education in America will be a wake-up call to university administrators, faculty, parents, and prospective college students. Annotation. This hard-hitting critique of the poor quality of undergraduate education will interest university administrators, faculty, parents, and college students.".
• catalog contributor b13162677.
• catalog created "2004.".
• catalog date "2004".
• catalog date "2004.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
• catalog description "14. Finances: yesterday and tomorrow -- Going back in time -- Rational radical reconstructive reform -- Public relations and private fund-raising -- Part III: Wrapping it all up -- Conclusion: action! -- Long-standing concerns -- An ominous update -- The importance of reform -- Breaking the logjam.".
• catalog description "Annotation. This hard-hitting critique of the poor quality of undergraduate education in America will be a wake-up call to university administrators, faculty, parents, and prospective college students. Annotation. This hard-hitting critique of the poor quality of undergraduate education will interest university administrators, faculty, parents, and college students.".
• catalog description "Part I: Creating a climate for change -- 1. What if? -- The book plan -- Special bulletin -- The two faces of American higher education -- 2. Characterizing the "rip-off": the Boyer commission report -- Leadership's dilemma explained -- Beyond the criticism -- Reinventing undergraduate education -- Comments about the new model -- What is a research university? -- 3. Homogenization -- When and how did it begin? -- 4. Decades of criticism, business as usual -- The exposé -- Study capsules -- Prof-scam -- Why the lack of response? -- 5. Fraud in higher education? -- The twenty deadly sins -- Educational fraud -- The call to action -- Part II: Dogmatic, radical recommendations for reform -- 6. General concern -- 7. Governance - External governance -- Internal governance -- A plan -- Advantages of the plan -- The board staff dilemma -- Summary of "the plan" -- Difficulty of external change -- Coordination -- 8. Leadership: the president and the board -- Shared leadership --".
• catalog description "Shared leadership (other employees) -- 9. The faculty role -- 10. Teaching -- 11. Probing deep into teaching and learning--and what about the Internet? -- Preparation: The Ph. D. -- Evaluation: department chairpersons -- Academic freedom -- Tenure -- Reward systems -- Other recognition -- Faculty hiring: a candidate's emphasis -- Class size -- Criticisms of undergraduate instruction still around -- The lecture examined -- Other ways to enliven instruction -- Specialization -- Faculty preparation -- A new doctor's degree -- Fantastic fantasy future -- The Internet and the new millennium -- 12. The academic program -- Coherent undergraduate education -- General education -- The more structured 50 hours plan -- The process of developing the undergraduate curriculum -- Program inefficiencies -- Student retention -- Core course considerations -- 13. Conduct: campus climate and values -- University conduct -- All categories of campus conduct problems -- Addendum --".
• catalog extent "231 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Great rip-off in American education.".
• catalog identifier "159102031X (pbk. : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Great rip-off in American education.".
• catalog issued "2004".
• catalog issued "2004.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books,".
• catalog relation "Great rip-off in American education.".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "378.73 21".
• catalog subject "Education, Higher Aims and objectives United States.".
• catalog subject "Educational accountability United States.".
• catalog subject "LA227.4 .S33 2003".
• catalog tableOfContents "14. Finances: yesterday and tomorrow -- Going back in time -- Rational radical reconstructive reform -- Public relations and private fund-raising -- Part III: Wrapping it all up -- Conclusion: action! -- Long-standing concerns -- An ominous update -- The importance of reform -- Breaking the logjam.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Part I: Creating a climate for change -- 1. What if? -- The book plan -- Special bulletin -- The two faces of American higher education -- 2. Characterizing the "rip-off": the Boyer commission report -- Leadership's dilemma explained -- Beyond the criticism -- Reinventing undergraduate education -- Comments about the new model -- What is a research university? -- 3. Homogenization -- When and how did it begin? -- 4. Decades of criticism, business as usual -- The exposé -- Study capsules -- Prof-scam -- Why the lack of response? -- 5. Fraud in higher education? -- The twenty deadly sins -- Educational fraud -- The call to action -- Part II: Dogmatic, radical recommendations for reform -- 6. General concern -- 7. Governance - External governance -- Internal governance -- A plan -- Advantages of the plan -- The board staff dilemma -- Summary of "the plan" -- Difficulty of external change -- Coordination -- 8. Leadership: the president and the board -- Shared leadership --".
• catalog tableOfContents "Shared leadership (other employees) -- 9. The faculty role -- 10. Teaching -- 11. Probing deep into teaching and learning--and what about the Internet? -- Preparation: The Ph. D. -- Evaluation: department chairpersons -- Academic freedom -- Tenure -- Reward systems -- Other recognition -- Faculty hiring: a candidate's emphasis -- Class size -- Criticisms of undergraduate instruction still around -- The lecture examined -- Other ways to enliven instruction -- Specialization -- Faculty preparation -- A new doctor's degree -- Fantastic fantasy future -- The Internet and the new millennium -- 12. The academic program -- Coherent undergraduate education -- General education -- The more structured 50 hours plan -- The process of developing the undergraduate curriculum -- Program inefficiencies -- Student retention -- Core course considerations -- 13. Conduct: campus climate and values -- University conduct -- All categories of campus conduct problems -- Addendum --".
• catalog title "The great rip-off in American education : undergrads underserved / Mel Scarlett.".
• catalog type "text".