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Download full textGarcia, Stephanie Parra – Online Submission, 2011
Institutions of higher education face financial pressure to become self-sustaining (Gumport, 2001; 2000). This rapidly growing economic demand is negatively affecting the social mission of higher education (Kezar, 2004). Scholars suggest the implementation of a new model of higher education, one that blends a for-profit model with the traditional…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Universities, Educational Change, College Curriculum
Strauss, Alan L.; Sales, Amos – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2010
The professional field of Disability Services in Higher Education and the academic discipline of Disability Studies share a perspective on disability that considers disability as a socially constructed phenomenon. Despite this common underpinning, there has been little effort or inquiry into the ways that disability services and Disability Studies…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Discipline, Intellectual Disciplines, Social Change
Direct linkAdam, Michelle – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2007
John Merrow, president of Learning Matters, Inc., has been reporting on K-12 education since 1974, but only recently has he begun to draw attention to higher education. This award-winning broadcaster is shedding light on the underbelly of higher education--and is arguing that something must be done before it's too late. This article presents the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Low Income Groups, College Students, Paying for College
Peer reviewedGober, Patricia – Journal of Geography, 1985
Retirement communities such as Sun City, Arizona, are a significant geographical phenomenon in contemporary U.S. society. The reasons for the evolution of Sun City as a popular migration destination and the geographical implications of large-scale residential segregation among the elderly are discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Family (Sociological Unit), Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Human Geography
Caldwell, Roger L. – 1988
One of the working papers in the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness, this document looks at ways to approach future changes in Arizona, focusing on how they will affect the higher education needs of the state. It is important to consider long term outlooks in order to better…
Descriptors: Change, Change Strategies, Competition, Educational Change
Caldwell, Roger L. – 1988
One of the working papers in the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness, this document focuses (in Part I) on the summary, conclusions, and recommendations of future changes and their relationship to the Arizona Universities; and, (in Part II) provides background materials for…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Competition, Demography, Economic Change
Caldwell, Roger L. – 1988
One of the working papers in the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness, this document discusses the importance of foresight (a broad based, future-oriented evaluation) for Arizona's universities. Institutions of all types must recognize varying degrees of a need to base their…
Descriptors: Change, Change Strategies, Competition, Educational Change
