Higher Education and the American Dream: Success and Its Discontents (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789633861066)

Marvin Lazerson (professor at the Central European University and the University of Pennsylvania) considers the successes of higher education in the USA and how this has also bred discontent. He traces the development of higher education from the last half of the twentieth century, and considers why the expansion occurred, how it became an industry, and the increasing role of education in job attainment, as well as problems like rising costs, debates about the economic worth of higher education, and the decline in its civic, moral, and intellectual purposes. He also discusses changes in governance to a more business-like model, the managerial imperatives colleges face, changes to curriculum and research, and reform.

Author: Marvin Lazerson
ISBN-10: 9633861063
ISBN-13: 9789633861066
Publisher: Central European University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2016
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2018