Keeling / Hersh We're Losing Our Minds

Rethinking American Higher Education
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-137-00176-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 210 Seiten

Reihe: Palgrave Education Collection

America is being held back by the quality and quantity of learning in college. Many graduates cannot think critically, write effectively, solve problems, understand complex issues, or meet employers' expectations. The only solution - making learning the highest priority in college - demands fundamental change throughout higher education.

Author Richard P. Keeling: Richard P. Keeling, MD, leads Keeling & Associates, LLC, a comprehensive higher education consulting practice based in New York City. Keeling serves on the Board of Directors of the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education and has been president of four professional organizations in higher education. Before creating Keeling & Associates, Keeling was both a tenured faculty member and a senior student affairs administrator at the University of Virginia and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Author Richard H. Hersh: Richard H. Hersh has served as President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Trinity College (Hartford), USA, and as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at The University of New Hampshire and Drake University, USA. He also served as Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Oregon and was Director of the Center for Moral Education at Harvard University, USA. In his early career he was a high school teacher, professor and dean of teacher education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keeling, R.

Hersh, R.