EDD640 Mod 1- Case

Description

Use the readings in Module 1 and other relevant resources to write a 4 page paper that demonstrates your knowledge of recent postsecondary education reform efforts. Include a summary of what you believe is the primary objective of higher education reform efforts in the U.S. over the past 20 years; identify and summarize the criticism and praise of recent reform efforts; and conclude with an explanation of what you believe will be the focus of future postsecondary educational reform efforts.

Textbooks
Chapter 1: Philosophies in Higher Education (p. 1 – 8)
Chapter 15: A Synthesis of the Issues, Challenges, and Dilemmas (p. 215 – 218)
Kariwo, M. T., Gounko, T., & Nungu, M. (2014). Comparative Analysis of Higher Education Systems: Issues, Challenges and Dilemmas. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. of Higher Education Systems: Issues, Challenges and Dilemmas. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
Chapter 1: Universities in Transition: Themes in Higher Education Policy (p. 1 – 16)
Chapter 2: Academic Freedom: Essential Liberty or Extravagant Luxury? (p. 17 – 29)
Chapter 3: Learning Landscapes: Designing a Classroom of the Future (p. 30 – 41)
Chapter 4: Learning and Teaching for Sustainable Development in Higher Education (p. 42 – 54)
Bell, L., Neary, M., & Stevenson, H. (2009). The Future of Higher Education: Policy, Pedagogy and the Student Experience. London: Continuum.
Articles/Websites
Morgan, J. M. (2009). Consumer-driven reform of higher education: A critical look at new amendments to the Higher Education Act. Journal of Law and Policy, 17(2), 531 – 578.
Johnson, T. L. (2014). Going back to the drawing board: Re-entrenching the Higher Education Act to restore its historical policy of access. University Of Toledo Law Review, 45(3), 545-578.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules. (2009). Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3221) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes: report (to accompany H. Res. 746).[Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O.]
Conner, T. W., & Rabovsky, T. M. (2011). Accountability, affordability, access: A review of the recent trends in higher education policy research. Policy Studies Journal, 39, 93-112.
Shireman, R. (2009, Mar). College affordability and student success. Change, 41, 54-56.
Hytten, K., & Bettez, S. C. (2011). Understanding education for social justice. The Journal of Educational Foundations, 25(1), 7-24.