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Our Higher Calling : Rebuilding the Partnership between America and Its Colleges and Universities /

Americans from all walks of life are losing confidence in American higher education and their numbers are increasing at an alarming rate. Amidst this decline in public support, many American colleges and universities now must confront an unstainable business model. Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein ad...

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Autores principales: Thorp, H. Holden, 1964- (Autor), Goldstein, Buck (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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