Shaping higher education's future : demographic realities and opportunities, 1990-2000
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Shaping higher education's future : demographic realities and opportunities, 1990-2000
（Jossey-Bass higher education series）
Jossey-Bass, 1989
1st ed.
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"This book stems from a symposium on the demographics of American higher education sponsored by the Ford Foundation"--P. xi
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
An analyses of important trends and shifts in the major population groups comprising today's and tomorrow's college students. It provides higher education leaders and administrators with specific recommendations for meeting the needs of diverse students through the next decade.
Table of Contents
- Introduction - a time of uncertainty, Arthur Levine. Part 1 Demographic changes ahead for higher education
- traditional college-age students, Lewis C.Solomon
- Hispanics, Gary Orfield
- blacks, Gail E.Thomas, Deborah J.Hirsch
- Asians, Bob H.Suzuki
- older students, William F.Brazziel. Part 2 Thinking realistically about demographic projections and planning: demography is not destiny in higher education, Richard E.Easterlin
- uses and misuses of demographic projections - lessons for the 1990s, Carol Frances
- conclusions and recommendations - creating a brighter educational future, Arthur Levine.
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