College : What It Was, Is, and Should Be - Updated Edition /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Delbanco, Andrew, 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Edition:New paperback edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Universities and colleges.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
Education, Higher.
EDUCATION > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Universites > États-Unis.
Enseignement superieur > Finalites > États-Unis.
Education, Higher > United States > History.
Universities and colleges > United States.
Education, Higher > United States.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • What is college for?
  • Origins
  • From college to university
  • Who went, who goes, who pays?
  • Brave new world
  • What is to be done.

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