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Session Submission Type: Paper Session
Higher Education institutions are undergoing tremendous change due to changing student populations, rising costs, and a myriad of other factors at the same time that they are innovating in terms of online education, student services, and broader goals. This session will highlight the best timely research on how colleges and universities are evolving and changing in their missions and goals and innovations on this front.
MOOCs: The Internet and Discursive Shifts in the Field of US Higher Education (Preliminary Results) - Ben Hidru Gebre-Medhin, University of California-Berkeley
Competition, Markets, and Sectors: Understanding the Diverse Effects of Competition on University Finances - Sondra N. Barringer, University of Georgia
The Financialization of Higher Education: Student Debt and Institutional Borrowing 2000 to 2010 - Charlie Eaton, University of California-Berkeley; Cyrus Dioun, University of California-Berkeley; Daniela García Santibáñez Godoy, University of California-Berkeley; Adam Goldstein, University of California-Berkeley; Jacob Habinek, University of California-Berkeley; Robert Osley-Thomas, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Are Liberal Arts Disciplines More Vulnerable to Closure than Practical Arts Disciplines (1975-2010)? - Robert Osley-Thomas, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Arithmetic of Engagement: The Problem With Small Classes - Christopher George Takacs, University of Chicago; Daniel F. Chambliss, Hamilton College