College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be (The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0691165513
ISBN 13
9780691165516
Category
Unknown
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Publication Year
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press, United States
Pages
264
Subject
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States. Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States. Education, Higher--Political aspects--United States.
Abstract
As the commercialization of American higher education accelerates, more and more students are coming to college with the narrow aim of obtaining a preprofessional credential. The traditional four-year college experience―an exploratory time for students to discover their passions and test ideas and values with the help of teachers and peers―is in danger of becoming a thing of the past. prominent cultural critic Andrew Delbanco offers a trenchant defense of such an education, and warns that it is becoming a privilege reserved for the relatively rich. In describing what a true college education should be, he demonstrates why making it available to as many young people as possible remains central to America's democratic promise.
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