Higher education? how colleges are wasting our money and failing our kids, and what we can do about it

Calling for a thorough overhaul of a self-indulgent system, the authors make an incisive case that the American way of higher education, now a $420 billion-per-year business, has lost sight of its primary mission: the education of young adults. Taking readers on a road trip from Princeton to Evergre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hacker, Andrew (-)
Otros Autores: Dreifus, Claudia
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Times Books : Henery Holt and Co cop. 2010
Edición:1st ed
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Sumario:Calling for a thorough overhaul of a self-indulgent system, the authors make an incisive case that the American way of higher education, now a $420 billion-per-year business, has lost sight of its primary mission: the education of young adults. Taking readers on a road trip from Princeton to Evergreen State to Florida Gulf Coast University, Hacker and Dreifus reveal those faculties and institutions that are getting it right and proving that teaching and learning can be achieved--and at a much more reasonable price
Descripción Física:271 p. ; 25 cm
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [245]-254). Índice
ISBN:9780805087345