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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ana M. Martínez-AlemánPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.440kg ISBN: 9780415991629ISBN 10: 0415991625 Pages: 152 Publication Date: 03 November 2011 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction: Accountability and the University’s Democratic Imperatives 2. The Historic Purposes of Higher Learning in America and the Challenge of Accountability 3. Postsecondary Teaching 4. The Rise of Managerialism 5. The Academic Profession and Undergraduate Teaching 6. Higher Learning in the 21st Century University 7. ConclusionsReviewsFinally, the higher education community has a clear work that brings thoughtfulness to university accountability! Martinez-Aleman brings presidents and provosts to their senses with a concise, insightful guide through the uses and abuses of accountability that have pervaded -- and often derailed -- the American research university in its missions and societal influence. This work is both useful and hopeful in fusing philosophical analysis with the vitality of academic institutions. -- John Thelin, University Research Professor in Higher Education & Public Policy, University of Kentucky This book offers us a reading of how the moral and democratic purposes of research universities have changed. In an era in which public accountability strictly has come to mean accounting, and what counts as knowledge is constrained by scientism and profit, it is refreshing to see Martinez-Aleman's unabashedly moral and political defense of higher education's democratic possibilities. -- Benjamin Baez, Associate Professor of Higher Education, Florida International University Finally, the higher education community has a clear work that brings thoughtfulness to university accountability! Martinez-Aleman brings presidents and provosts to their senses with a concise, insightful guide through the uses and abuses of accountability that have pervaded -- and often derailed -- the American research university in its missions and societal influence. This work is both useful and hopeful in fusing philosophical analysis with the vitality of academic institutions. -- John Thelin, University Research Professor in Higher Education & Public Policy, University of Kentucky This book offers us a reading of how the moral and democratic purposes of research universities have changed. In an era in which public accountability strictly has come to mean accounting, and what counts as knowledge is constrained by scientism and profit, it is refreshing to see Martinez-Aleman's unabashedly moral and political defense of higher education's democratic possibilities. -- Benjamin Baez, Associate Professor of Higher Education, Florida International University Author InformationAna M. Martínez-Alemán is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership & Higher Education Administration at the Lynch School of Education, Boston College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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