Download or read book Perceptions in Public Higher Education written by Gene A. Budig and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book What s Public about Public Higher Ed written by Stephen M. Gavazzi and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the current state of relationships between public universities, government leaders, and the citizens who elect them, this book offers insight into how to repair the growing rift between higher education and its public. Higher education gets a bad rap these days. The public perception is that there is a growing rift between public universities and the elected officials who support them. In What's Public about Public Higher Ed?, Stephen M. Gavazzi and E. Gordon Gee explore the reality of that supposed divide, offering qualitative and quantitative evidence of why it's happened and what can be done about it. Critical problems, Gavazzi and Gee argue, have arisen because higher education leaders often assumed that what was good for universities was good for the public at large. For example, many public institutions have placed more emphasis on research at the expense of teaching, learning, and outreach. This university-centric viewpoint has contributed significantly to the disconnect between our nation's public universities and the representatives of the people they are supposed to be serving. But this gulf can only be bridged, the authors insist, if people at the universities take the time to really listen to what the citizens of their states are asking of them. Gavazzi and Gee draw on never-before-gathered survey data on public sentiment regarding higher education. Collected from citizens residing in the four most populous states—California, Florida, New York, and Texas—plus Ohio and West Virginia, the authors' home states, this data reflects critical issues, including how universities spend taxpayer money, the pursuit of national rankings, student financial aid, and the interplay of international activities versus efforts to create "closer to home" impact. An unflinching, no-holds-barred exploration of what citizens really think about their public universities, What's Public about Public Higher Ed? also places special emphasis on the events of 2020—including the COVID-19 pandemic and the worst racial unrest seen in half a century—as major inflection points for understanding the implications of the survey's findings.

Download or read book Public Perceptions of Higher Education in Ohio written by Market Opinion Research (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Images of Public Higher Education in Louisiana written by Rebecca Lea Tucker and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book American Higher Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Perceptions of the Way Kentucky s Public Higher Education System is Meeting the Needs of Business written by Horizon Research International and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Future of the American Public Research University written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public research universities are an integral part of American society. They play the leading role in educating future leaders in agriculture, engineering, the arts and sciences, humanities, business, education, and other professions. Public research universities generate the new products, processes, inventions, discoveries, insights, and interpretations that advance the human condition.

Download or read book Accountability in Higher Education written by Stanley H. Barrett and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Perceptions of Higher Education written by John Dudley and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined the perceptions representatives of southeast Missouri have towards higher education; specifically whether or not participants view higher education attainment as a private good or a public good. The researcher employed a quantitative research approach and collected data, via survey, from 400 participants currently residing in the target region. From these surveys a series of conclusions were drawn based upon demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the sample population and data examined through descriptive analyses, correlational analyses, and analysis of variance testing. The research showed that representatives of southeast Missouri perceive attainment of a Bachelor’s degree or higher as more of a public good than a private good. Correlational analysis indicated that the more participants perceived higher education as public good, the more value they placed on higher education attainment. Significant differences among individual perceptions were identified based on gender, income bracket, perceived socioeconomic status when an adolescent, and education level. From these relationships a series of conclusions are drawn concerning the perceptions representatives of southeast Missouri have towards higher education.

Download or read book Goodwill and Growing Worry written by James Harvey and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Perceptions of Nontraditional Students about Student Support Services in Public Higher Education Institutions in Kentucky written by Kay Yates and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Higher Education for the Public Good written by Adrianna Kezar and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-06-22 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important book explores the various ways that higher education contributes to the realization of significant public ends and examines how leaders can promote and enhance their contribution to the social charter through new policies and best practices. It also shows how other sectors of society, government agencies, foundations, and individuals can partner with institutions of higher education to promote the public good. Higher Education for the Public Good includes contributions from leaders in the field—many of whom participated in dialogues hosted by the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good. These leaders are responsible for creating successful strategies, programs, and efforts that foster the public’s role in higher education.

Download or read book American Higher Education in Crisis written by Goldie Blumenstyk and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disinvestment by states has driven up tuition prices, and student debt has reached an all-time high. Americans are questioning the worth of a college education, even as studies show how important it is to economic and social mobility

Download or read book Attitudes and Perceptions of Decision Makers Involved with Governance of Public Higher Education in North Carolina written by Martha Warren Warner and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Judging College written by Emma Dolores Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation reports on three empirical studies relating to public attitudes and beliefs about higher education. Despite much research documenting the material returns to college, we know less about what people think about college, and whether public beliefs line up with scholarly understandings of college and empirical patterns. Further, sociological research on education considers the role of attitudes and beliefs in elementary and secondary educational outcomes, but we know less about attitudes and beliefs related to postsecondary education. This dissertation address questions related to these gaps in scholarly knowledge. The first study draws on two national survey datasets to investigate public beliefs about the necessity of college for success and whether college is worth the cost. Analyzing both quantitative and qualitative survey data, I find that a plurality believe that college is not necessary but still worth it, while a substantial minority believe that college is neither necessary nor worth it. The second study investigates how public beliefs about students' worthiness of belonging and esteem vary according to their college majors. I use an original experimental survey to demonstrate that students who major in computer science and business are more likely to be offered social inclusion and esteem than students in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. In the third study, I consider how public beliefs about the importance of hard work and grit for educational success match observed patterns. I examine whether grit, a noncognitive trait associated with perseverance and maintenance of interest in a topic, is related to persistence in STEM fields. Using longitudinal survey data from three institutions, I demonstrate that the relationship between grit and STEM persistence varies across educational contexts. In the concluding chapter, I develop three key lessons from these studies and discuss their implications for scholarship and policy: 1) there is a gap between public and expert understandings of the returns to a college education; 2) college majors contribute to social stratification in ways that go beyond traditionally-studied differences in income; and 3) the predictive power of grit for educational success is weaker than prior research and public discourse suggests.

Download or read book Public Perception of Campus Safety Issues at Institutions of Higher Education in United States written by Ray Arasteh and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Relationship Between Public Higher Education Governance Systems and the Perceptions of High echelon Administrators written by Samuel R. Shugar and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: