Research Catalog

Title

German and American higher education : educational philosophies and political systems / Helmbrecht Breinig, Jürgen Gebhardt, Berndt Ostendorf (eds.).

Publication

Münster : Lit ; Piscataway, NJ : Distributed in North America by Transaction Publishers, [2001]

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Additional Authors

• Breinig, Helmbrecht.
• Gebhardt, Jürgen.
• Ostendorf, Berndt

Description

ii, 191 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Publikationen der Bayerischen Amerika-Akademie = Publications of the Bavarian American Academy ; Bd. 1a

Uniform Title

Publikationen der Bayerischen Amerika-Akademie ; Bd. 1a.

Subject

• Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > Germany
• Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States
• Education, Higher > Political aspects > Germany
• Education, Higher > Political aspects > United States
• Universities and colleges > Administration > Germany
• Universities and colleges > Administration > United States
• Comparative education
• Universities and colleges > Germany > Administration
• Universities and colleges > United States > Administration

Note

• Papers from a conference held March 5-7, 1999 at the Bavarian-American Center in Munich, Germany.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Beyond Humboldt -- America? / Jurgen Gebhardt -- Observations on American Higher Education: Is the American System Relevant for Germany? / I. Michael Heyman -- Governance and Funding of Universities in the United States: The Example of Ohio / Alan Geiger -- Changing Patterns of Governance and Finance in German Higher Education / Hans N. Weiler -- Witten/Herdecke University -- Still (?) a Special Case Among Universities in Germany / Konrad Schily -- Differentiation by Role and Mission of Institutions of Higher Education in the United States / Daniel Fallon -- Teaching vs. Research; Part-Time Adjunct vs. Full Time Faculty / James Perley -- Teaching vs. Research and (Part-of) Lifetime Faculty at German Universities / Jurgen Kohler -- Mobility and Service: The Dual Role of Higher Education in U.S. Society / Robert Glidden -- Diversifying the Pool of Faculty, Staff and Students in the Academic Setting: Who benefits and Why? / C. Aisha Blackshire-Belay -- Women at German Universities: A Case of Non-Diversification? / Silvia Mergenthal -- The American Academic Marketplace / David E. Schindel -- American Higher Education: A Model for Germany? A Skeptical Perspective / Horst Mewes -- What Can the Two Systems Learn from One Another? / Wedigo de Vivanco.

ISBN

3825849422

OCLC

• 48022997
• SCSB-12391522

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