the 3rd avenue: Altbach, P. (2016) "Harsh Realities," in Bastedo, M. N., Altbach, P. G., and Gumport, P. G. (Eds.) American higher education in the twenty-first century: Social, political, and Economic Challenges (4th ed.), The Johns Hopkins University Press.

2016/06/20

Altbach, P. (2016) "Harsh Realities," in Bastedo, M. N., Altbach, P. G., and Gumport, P. G. (Eds.) American higher education in the twenty-first century: Social, political, and Economic Challenges (4th ed.), The Johns Hopkins University Press.

US faculty, 1.5 million full + part-time
4700 institutions postseco, 1850 baccalaureate or higher, 293 doctoral, 1/4 com coll
part-time, 40.9% 1995, 48.7 2013, full-time faculty 31.9 in 2013
Academics = professional + employees of large bureaucratic organizations

negative feeling about the sense of community

recent trends; more emphasis on teaching

research is overvalued, academic research is questionable