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************************T**************************1; DATELINE DOCUMENT RESUME ED 316 270 jC 900 113 AUTHOR Parnell, Dale TITLE Dateline 2000: The New Higher Education Agenda. INSTITUTION American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, D.C. REPORT NO ISBN-087117-198-8 PUB DATE 90 NOTE 304p. AVAILABLE FROM American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, 80 S. Early Street, Alexandria, VA 22304 ($18.00) . PUB TYPE Books (010) -- Collected Works - General (020) -- Information Analyses (070) EDRS PRICE MFO1 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Accountability; Citizenship Education; *Educational Finance; *Educational Trends; Financial Support; *Futures (of Society); Global Approach; Higher Education; High Risk Students; Outcomes of Education; Population Trends; School Business Relationship; Student Financial Aid; Two Year Colleges ABSTRACT Drawing from current statistical data and the views of educational, civic, and business leaders, this book anal. zes the environmental, societal, and demographic changes to be expected in the 1990's and their implications f.pr higher education. Chapter I examines the opportunities and challenges facing higher education in the 1990's. Chapter II explores the linkage between the economy and higher education. Chapter III discusses the impact of international and intercultural forces on higher education. Chapter IV suggests ways in which higher education can better serve the segment of the population considered under-educated and disadvantaged. Chapter V considers means by which colleges and universities can respond to political demands for accountability. Chapter VI discusses the role of higher education in developing a sense of civic responsibility among college students. Chapter VII examines the effects of demographic shifts on colleges and universities in the coming decade. Chapter VIII considers the impact of technological developments. Finally, chapter IX focuses or, aducational finance, discussing the true and perceived costs of a college education, the effects of cost containment measures, and student financial aid needs. A 97-item bibliography is included. (JMC) Reproductions supplied by EnS ar,:: the best that can be made :roue the original document. *******************************************t**************************1; DATELINE The New Higher Education Agenda 00 "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE Tli15 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MATERIAL.INMICROFICHE ONLY Office of 1..durational f-lemucti And Improvement HAS BEEN GRANTED BY EDUCATIONAL F111!.;OUPICE3 INFORMATION CENTER (ENICI )1(This dnr oneal hae been reproduced es qt:5 check rece,.arlnun the person or oruanization orioloattop It Minor chanwes have treen made to improve reproduction duality TO THE EDUCAI IONA). RET>01/110ES Poinls ofWOWor (11)111101,3 Slated in 11118 docil INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." nowt du riot necessarily raorasent official ()CHI position or policy zJ ino, v \ \ \ \ ,, ,,, \ .% '`'\\'''kc,Os\ \ A4 \. .\\O\ 1 \\. V,\' \V''4,' \ \ \ , ,0 \ ,, V ` , \ \ \ \\\ \ V \ \ \,"\' " \\V A"' \A\ %\,A ,.\A,\";\,?k\\\\, \\\\\ \ \ \ One of the central messages of this book is the advancing impact of technology on American enterprises. To show that we practice what we preach, this book has beenproduced entirely on Apple Macin- tosh desktop publishing equipment and programs instead of through traditional typesetting procedures. D. P. © Copyright 1990 by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges Printed in the U. S. A. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means. electronic or mechanical, including photo- copying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Published by the Community College Press, a division of American Association of Community and Junior Colleges National Center for Higher Education One Dupont Circle, N. W., Suite 410 Washington, D. C. 20036 Phone: (202) 293-7050 ISBN 0-87117-198-8 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 89-85383 A nation is never finished. You can't build it and then leave it stand- ing as the pharaohs did the pyramids. It must be re-created for each generation by believing, caring men and women. Ifwe don't care, nothing can save the nation. Ifwe do believe and care, nothing can stop us. John Gardner Contents Foreword ix Preface xi Chapter I Opportunities and Challenges 1 Will there be rich possibilities in the 1990s for colleges and universities? Chapter II The Missing Link 35 What is the linkage between theeconomy and higher education? Chapter III The Global Community 67 How will international and intercultural forces impact higher education? Chapter IV The At-Risk Population 101 How can higher education better serve that segment of the population considered under- educated and disadvantaged? Chapter V Push-Button Accountability 131 flow can colleges and universities respond to insistent political demands for accountability? Chapter VI Revitalizing Civic Learning 169 What is the role of colleges and universities in developing a sense of civic responsibility among college students? Chapter VIIThey Aren't Acting Their Age 193 How will demographic shifts impact colleges and universities in the decade ahead? Chapter VIIIThe Search for Synergy 223 What will be the impacttechnological developments upon higher education institutions? Chapter IX Some Misperceptions About Cost 253 How do we finance higher a. 'cation ina democratic society? References 287 Index 295 Foreword Drawing on his nearly forty years of experience in education, Dale Parnell has brought to the forefront the challenges facing our educational system as we move into the twenty- first century. He also has provided an array of workable solutions. Parnell identifies the environmental, societal, and demographic changes that will confront us in the 1990s and the human development needs these changes will create.Higher education's contribution to America's future economic prosperity, he says, will be to educate, train, and retrain the emerging workforce at all levels. Three paramount needs emerge from this discussion:to increase minority participation in higher education, to better educate the "neglected major ity"the 65 to 75 percent of high school students who will not likely pursue a baccalaureate degree, and for college and universities to give priority attention to the outcomes of the higher education experience. All of these needs have been recognized by the higher education community as top priorities and Parnell details how these goals can be served by partnerships between higher education and the communities it serves. Parnell identifies economic development as a key community service for many colleges. In the future, communities will call on colleges more frequently to help solve economic problems, conduct economic surveys, train and retrain workers, and share facilities, equipment, and professional staff. Successful partnerships between colleges and their communities already exist, and Parnell provides useful descriptions of how several of them work. He also reiterates the importance of establishing partnerships between two- and four-year institutions to enhance minority and low-income student participation in higher education through transfer. Coherent college transfer agreements, coordinated academic calendars, common course credit systems, and sequential curriculum planning for all institutions are some of the mechanisms that can be developed to improve the articulation process. ix 0 r FOREWORD Dateline 2000: The New Higher EducationAgenda helps us focus on the opportunitywe have to help the disadvantaged and undereducated reach higher educational levels.Parnell predicts the passage of new federal initiatives designed to solveproblems facing urban Americaplans that wouldbring higher education into partnership with city governments,local communities, and the federal governn tent. Technological advances will requirecolleges, universities, and secondary and elementary schoolsto work more closely in what Parnell terms "the search forsynergy." Liberal arts and technical education will becomemore integrated, he says, to help develop flexible, well-educated, and technologicallycompetent individuals. This book issuesa challenge to colleges and universities of all kinds. The strength of their leadership,combined with their ability to define a clear and attainable mission andto develop partnerships with their students, faculty, alumni,governing boards, and communities, ultimately will determinewhether higher education can meet the needs of a changing Americain a changing global society and economyas we move into a new century. The imperative hasnever been greater for those ofus in higher education to move beyondthe boundaries ofour campuses and into the communityto educate those populations that will comprise the majority ofour society by the close of the 1990s. This important new volume providesus with a road map and guideposts to measure our progress. Robert H. Atwell President American Council on Education x Preface In the course of collecting information for this book I have talked with hundreds of people in education, government, business, labor, finance, and think tanks, including former presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford.I find a surprising amount of cautious optimism about the future. Certainly, the optimism is not even, and is tempered by many of the tough problems of poverty, terrorism, urban and inner-city challenges, drug problems, environ- mental problems, and educational problems. But despitethese
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