Week 4 Assignment: Annotated Bibliography
Overview:
In this assignment, you are to write an annotated bibliography of three articles about funding issues related to higher education. When looking for articles, try to find articles that relate to the content in the McGee chapter on Economic Disruption. Also, for this project, you may not use the Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Education. However, you may use the Wall Street Journal, University Business Magazine, policy papers, and other publications that provide solid information on this topic.
Instructions:
Step 1
- Find and read three articles about the broad issue of college affordability and its impact on higher education institutions.
Step 2
- Cite each of your articles using APA style.
- Provide the permalink
- Summarize each article (175-200 words for each annotation). Do not copy and paste the article’s abstract, be sure to summarize the article and the findings in your own words.
Click on the following link for tips on how to prepare an annotated bibliography or conduct a Google or Google Scholar search for helpful resources: How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography.
REQUIRED BOOKS AND RESOURCES FOR COURSE #1
[Note to writer: These are the books required for the entire course. To see this week’s needed readings for the assignment, look at below at the Required Readings for this week]
Seemiller, C. & Grace, M. (2016). Generation Z Goes to College. San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass. ISBN-13: 9781119143451.
- Davidson, C.N. (2017). The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World In Flux. ISBN-13: 9780465079728
- Grawe, N.D. (2018). Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN-13: 9781421424132
- McGee, J. (2015). Breakpoint: The Changing Marketplace for Higher Education. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN-13: 9781421418209
REQUIRED READINGS FOR Week 4
Required Readings:
- McGee, J. (2015). Breakpoint: The Changing Marketplace for Higher Education. Johns Hopkins University Press. Chapter 4 through Chapter 9.
- Swanger, D. (2018). The Future of Higher Education in the U.S.: Issues Facing Colleges and their Impacts on Campus, pages 11-14.
Required Resources:
- Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Education and The Wall Street Journal.
Recommended Readings:
- Most Americans don’t realize state funding for higher education fell by billions (PBS News hour report).
- The Long Road to the Student Debt Crisis [Note to writer: PDF attached]
Recommended Resources:
- Education Dive (online higher education news source)
- APA Style Review
- How to prepare an Annotated Bibliography
