Assignment:
Research higher education issues listed below and issues that you have a particular interest in. Create a two page post that accomplishes the following:
- Provide a fuller picture of the issue by putting it within a context and cite some brief examples or anecdotes about the issue.
- Explain how this issue affects and influences institutional practices, such as legal policy, legislation, et cetera.
- Discuss international and multicultural diversity aspects of this issue, if any emerge.
- Provide 2-3 suggestions on what possible steps can be taken to tackle the issue. These suggestions do not need to be ones that solve the issue; they can be suggestions on what preliminary things might need to occur in order to understand the issue deeper.
Read Grummon's 2010 article, "Trends: In Higher Education," from Planning for Higher Education, volume 38, issue 3, pages 51-59.
Read Flynn and Vredevoogd's 2010 article, "The Future of Learning: 12 Views on Emerging Trends in Higher Education," from Planning for Higher Education, volume 38, issue 2, pages 5-10.
Read Riposa's 2003 article, "Urban Universities: Meeting the Needs of Students," from The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, volume 585, issue 1, pages 51-65.
Read Steck's 2003 article, "Corporatization of the University: Seeking Conceptual Clarity," from The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, volume 585, issue 1, pages 66-83.