Higher education and the American dream success and its discontents
"Marvin Lazerson's new book is exactly what is needed: a readable, cogent explanation of how the US can have the best system of higher education in the world, but also a system that seems to be coming apart at the seams.”—Susan Fuhrman, President Teachers College, Columbia University, Pres...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Central European University Press
2010.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009438814406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Building the dream (and worrying about it)
- Higher education as vocational education
- Who governs higher education?
- Managerial imperatives
- Academic disciplines, research imperatives, and undergraduate learning
- A revolution in teaching and learning
- Why is higher education so hard to reform?
