Higher education and the American dream : success and its discontents
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Higher education and the American dream : success and its discontents
Central European University Press, 2010
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-211) and indexes
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
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
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