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Higher Education and the American Dream
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Success and Its Discontents
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Artikel-Nr:
9789639776791
Veröffentl:
2010
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
01.08.2010
Seiten:
232
Autor:
Marvin Lazerson
Gewicht:
495 g
Format:
235x157x17 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Marvin Lazerson is Professor of Higher Education in the School of Public Policy, Central European University and Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania.
A readable, cogent explanation of how the U.S. can have the best system of higher education in the world, but also a system that seems to be coming apart at the seams.
Acknowledgments Introduction: Houses, automobiles, and higher education Part I The Gospel of Getting Ahead Chapter 1 Building the dream (and worrying about it) Chapter 2 Higher education as vocational education Part II Governance and Managerial Dilemmas Chapter 3 Who governs higher education? Chapter 4 Managerial imperatives Part III The Learning Conundrum Chapter 5 Research, teaching, and undergraduate education Chapter 6 A revolution in teaching and learning? Part IV Making Things Better Chapter 7 Why is higher education so hard to reform? References Name index Subject index