Assignment:
Higher Education, 2000-Present
In this course, various topics about the reconfiguration of American higher education from 1673 to the present have been examined. Some of the topics include:
- The Past as Prologue: From 1900 to 2010.
- Higher Education's Unfinished Business from 1990 to 2010.
- Demographics and Diversity: The Changing Profile of Students.
- Big-Time Intercollegiate Sports: Education's Entertainment.
- Research Universities in an "Era of Big Bets" Federal Grants.
- State Universities and the New "A&M": Athletics and Medicine.
- The Gridlock of Funding for State Universities.
- The Millennium in Perspective: American Higher Education from Twentieth to Twenty-First Centuries.
- College Students in an Era of Commercialization and Consumerism.
- Rethinking the Historic Role of Governing Boards and Trustees.
Instructions
After watching the short video, Complex Change in Higher Education by Fred Buining , create a Essay or PowerPoint address the following:
- Reflect on various changes that have influenced the reconfiguration of American higher education in the twenty-first century.
- Select two of the topics listed above that you feel have made the greatest impact on higher education. Critically analyze the influences of past eras on present-day higher education.
- Evaluate how these topics are impacting higher education today, and discuss recommendations for change.