Saving Higher Education (PDF)

Praise for Saving Higher Education

"At last a book that answers one of higher education's mostburning questions: How do we provide America a cheaper, fasterundergraduate experience without cheating on the old family recipeand compromising standards? At a time when challenges of collegevalue, quality, and mission are high on the public agenda and anunprecedented number of institutions are exploring three-yeardegree programs, we are provided a road map that maintains academicintegrity by focusing on learning outcomes rather than processinputs. Bravo and about time. This book will add value and informthe thinking of all stakeholders, even the most skeptical offaculty. A three-year baccalaureate aligns the academy with theneeds and aspirations of the future. While enhancing effectiveness,it affords students what they want and need while meeting thenational agenda for socially and economically productivecitizens."--Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, president emeritus andUniversity Professor of Public Service, George WashingtonUniversity

"This book provides a powerful model of how to redesign auniversity in the interests of student learning. The authors'proposed curriculum model addresses many of the fundamentaldysfunctions of higher education--the fragmentation,incoherence, and unfocused activity that produces the dispiritingresults of our enormous investment. They offer an evidence-basedframework for reshaping our institutions to serve the goals we allwish to achieve while beginning to address the pervasive financialchallenges that undermine our efforts. This book provides a vividand stimulating analysis of how to think about and executeconstructive change. Anyone concerned about the future of highereducation should read it and learn from it."--John Tagg,professor emeritus, Palomar College, and author, The LearningParadigm College

"This book offers one thoughtful approach to a high-qualityeducation at a significantly lower cost. If educators respond,students will win." --Margaret L. Drugovich, president,Hartwick College