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2018-2019 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ED 630G - Higher Education in American Society

Credits: 4
This course examines key contemporary issues in higher education, focusing primarily on the American higher educational system. The course provides a historical context and emerging trends, with topics ranging from mission and vision, structure and governance, the funding of public and private institutions, demographic trends, characteristics of faculty, students and curricula, public perceptions of higher education, and the increasing regulatory role of government and accrediting agencies.