{"product_id":"higher-education-and-the-american-marvin-lazerson-9789639776791","title":"Higher Education and the American Dream: Success and Its Discontents","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marvin Lazerson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9639776793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789639776791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Central European University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010 pg. 219","brand":"Marvin Lazerson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44126113825023,"sku":"9789639776791","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e48e1e3-8fd1-4f04-b7cc-b1026041ef12.jpg?v=1687446354","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/higher-education-and-the-american-marvin-lazerson-9789639776791","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}