202 - Special Session. Attacks on Higher Education

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

America's public colleges and universities are currently facing threats and challenges that are unprecedented in their scope and magnitude. While some of these reflect a genuine need to adapt to a changing environment, others stem from concerted efforts by interested parties to fundamentally alter higher education. In this panel leading sociologists of higher education will survey the contemporary situation and offer their thoughts on how the public college and university sector might successfully navigate the challenges that lay before it.

Sub Unit

• Special Sessions

Session Organizer

• Neil Gross, Colby College

Presider

• Neil Gross, Colby College

Panelists

• Amy J. Binder, University of California, San Diego

• Jason Owen-Smith, University of Michigan

• Michael Hout, New York University

• Elizabeth A. Armstrong, University of Michigan