Synopses & Reviews
Shaping Higher Education's Future presents, in nine original chapters, comprehensive, expert analyses of important trends and shifts in the major population groups comprising today's and tomorrow's college students--and provides higher education leaders and administrators with specific recommendations for meeting the needs of diverse students through the next decade.
Synopsis
Shaping Higher Education's Future presents, in nine original chapters, comprehensive, expert analyses of important trAnds and shifts in the major population groups comprising today's and tomorrow's college students--and provides higher education leaders and administrators with specific recommAndations for meeting the needs of diverse students through the next decade.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: A Time of Uncertainty (Arthur Levine).
Part One: Demographic Changes Ahead for Higher Education.
2. Traditional College-Age Students (Lewis C. Solmon).
3. Hispanics (Gary Orfield).
4. Blacks (Gail E. Thomas, Deborah J. Hirsch).
5. Asians (Bob H. Suzuki).
6. Older Students (William F. Brazziel).
Part Two: Thinking Realistically About Demographic Projections and Planning.
7. Demography Is Not Destiny in Higher Education (Richard A. Easterlin).
8. Uses and Misuses of Demographic Projections: Lessons for the 1990s (Carol Frances).
9. Conclusions and Recommendations: Creating a Brighter Educational Future (Arthur Levine).