Alternative Solutions to Higher Education's Challenges

<p>Moving beyond critique, <i>Alternative Solutions to Higher Education’s Challenges </i>uses an appreciative approach to highlight what is working in colleges and universities and offers an examination of how institutions can improve practice. Drawing on examples and cases from real higher education institutions, this book offers a solution-focused framework that challenges the negative assumptions that have plagued higher education. Chapters explore how current narratives have perpetuated and maintained systematic flaws in our education system and have hindered reform. This invaluable resource breaks from the substantial literature that only highlights the many problems facing higher education today, and instead provides alternative strategies and essential recommendations for moving higher education institutions forward.</p> <p>Preface</p><p>Chapter 1: Developing a Toolbox for Appreciative Approaches to Change </p><p>Chapter 2: Cultivating Organizational Strengths Through Democratic Leadership </p><p>Chapter 3: Fostering an Enriching Community Life and Effective Public Service </p><p>Chapter 4: Centering Institutional Practices Around Meaningful Student Learning </p><p>Chapter 5: Leveraging Liberal Education to Promote Equal Opportunity </p><p>Chapter 6: Embracing the Heart in the Head(y) World of Higher Education </p><p>Chapter 7: Reclaiming Teaching in Person</p><p>Chapter 8: Moving Forward </p><p>References</p><p>Index</p>