The Future of Higher Education

by Dan Clawson, Max Page

Higher education is more important than ever, for individual success and for national economic growth. And yet higher education in the United States is in public funding has been in free fall; tuition has skyrocketed making colleges and universities less accessible; basic structures such as tenure are under assault. The Future of Higher Education analyzes the crisis in higher education, describing how a dominant neo-liberal political ideology has significantly changed the U.S. system of higher education. The book examines the contemporary landscape of higher education institutions and asks and answers these Who is able to attend college? Who pays for our system of higher education? Who works at and who governs colleges and universities? The book concludes with a plan for radically revitalizing higher education in the United States. The goal of this new, unique Series is to offer readable, teachable "thinking frames" on today’s social problems and social issues by leading scholars, all in short 60 page or shorter formats, and available for view on For instructors teaching a wide range of courses in the social sciences, the Routledge Social Issues Collection now offers the best of both originally written short texts that provide "overviews" to important social issues as well as teachable excerpts from larger works previously published by Routledge and other presses.

76 pages, Paperback

First published December 6, 2010

Reviews

[Claire · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for a UCSC Intro to Education class (2016) this was a helpful starting book for understanding the tensions and policies that affect contemporary teaching practices and educational policies. It's one I will continue to reference in the future.

[Davide Recchia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Free higher education for all... Sounds great! When are they going to put it into practice?

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like most books in this genre, one feels depressed all the way through in recognizing how dire our situation in academia has become and how sinister leaders of politics and capital truly are.

What separates this text, however, is a short conclusion chapter that actually poses solutions. not that any of the 1% much care, and however unlikely, at least I didn't want to hang myself from my tassels.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Does a good job of explaining the transition from a faculty model to a corporate model of governance in higher education.