Trends in Higher Education

Higher education is a complex package of issues which never seems to leave the limelight. The primary wedged issues are tuition cost, access, accountability, financial aid, government funding, sports and their place within higher education, academic results, societal gains as a whole in terms of international competition, and continuing education. This book examines new directions in this everchanging, vital and controversial field which has a profound effect on society. It also examines the issues in higher education that are of contemporary and practical concern to leader, administrators, teachers, researchers and students. The most comprehensive reference tool available in the field of higher education.