American Higher Education, Leadership, and Policy: Critical Issues and the Public Good »

Penny Pasque is an Assistant Professor of Adult and Higher Education at University of Oklahoma.

Pasque argues that if a more thorough understanding of leaders’ perspectives is not offered, then the dominant perspectives within academic discourse will continue to perpetuate the current ideas of higher education’s relationship with society--from an economic rationalization perspective--without consideration of alternative perspectives.

Foreword by Ed St. John and Lesley Rex
• Introduction to the Contemporary Context
• Higher Education for the Public Good: A Typology
• Research Design
• Behind Closed Doors: Communication Theories and Conversation Analysis
• Behind Closed Doors: Critical Discourse Analysis
• Behind Closed Doors: Women’s Voices of Resistance
• Tricuspid Model for Advocacy and Educational Change
• Conclusion: Critical Issues and the Public Good