The Landscape of Higher Education
Seeks to provide the foundation to understand the structure, governance, and operations of institutions of higher education, as well as the roles, functions, and interactions of various administrative positions and offices. Through scholarly publications, research articles, and theories, students have an opportunity to receive the preparation to work and advance effectively within higher education by appreciating its complex organizational structure and its historical context. Students have an opportunity to assess how these constructs are subject to today's environmental, financial, technological, and competitive pressures; to consider how higher education might implement innovation and change; and to design strategies for change.
Reflections
There is something to be gained in understanding how higher education functions. For so many American's higher education is a dream of near mythological proportions. It is an institution shrouded in mystery; some unknowable and unattainable thing.
The Landscape of Higher Education removes that shroud and reveals the mystery. As a non-traditional student I had only been privy to a limited viewpoint. A small window overlooking the world of higher ed. This course was expanded that view. Deeply.
I understood not only my own role, or the role of faculty and staff, but also the way that higher education impacts individuals, communities, and the world. I further learned how the world impacts higher education, how social movements, and political bents can alter the landscape. I recognized with deep appreciation the complexity of connections that make up all colleges and universities.
Signature Presentation
Through the Window Pane
This presentation is the culmination and visual representation of a series of interviews with a higher education administrator. Interviews which allowed me my first glimpse into the professional world of higher education
Signature Presentation Narration Companion
Through the Window Pane
Interview I
Through the Window Pane
Interview II
Through the Window Pane: Further Considerations
Interview III
Through the Window Pane: And Back Again