Lowering Higher Education : The Rise of Corporate Universities and the Fall of Liberal Education /

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Lowering Higher Education points to a fundamental disconnect between policymakers, who may rarely set foot in contemporary classrooms, and the teachers who must implement their educational policies - which the authors argue are poorly informed - on a daily basis. Côte and Allahar expose stakeholder...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Côte, James E., 1953-
Other Authors: Allahar, Anton L., 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2011
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Bildungsideal.
Bildungsauftrag.
Hochschule.
Universities and colleges.
Education, Higher.
College teachers > Attitudes.
College students > Rating of.
College students > Attitudes.
EDUCATION > Higher.
higher education.
Professeurs (Enseignement superieur) > Attitudes.
Étudiants > Attitudes.
Étudiants > Évaluation.
Universites.
Enseignement superieur.
Universities
Kanada.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A history of a mission adrift : the idea of the university subverted
  • Stakeholder relations : the educational forum
  • Standards : schools without scholarship?
  • Universities : crisis, what crisis?
  • Students : is disengagement inevitable?
  • Technologies : will they save the day?
  • Recommendations and conclusions : our stewardship of the system.

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