Higher Education and the American Dream: Success and its Discontents
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
9639776793
ISBN 13
9789639776791
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Publication Year
2010
Publisher
Pages
232
Subject
Education, Higher--United States. Educational change--United States. American Dream.
Abstract
Has higher education become too successful? Are the expectations for higher education too grandiose? Lazerson discusses both the problems and the accomplishment of American universities with equal care. The book delivers a penetrating, nuanced account of American universities in the twenty-first century. Tackles topics that range from the rise of the managerial class to the failed attempts to reform practice in the classroom.
Description
Building the dream (and worrying about it) -- Higher education as vocational education -- Who governs higher education? -- Managerial imperatives -- Academic disciplines, research imperatives, and undergraduate learning -- A revolution in teaching and learning -- Why is higher education so hard to reform?
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Number of Copies
2
