What's college for?

the struggle to define American higher education

By Karabell, Zachary

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ISBN
978-0-46508-770-9
Publisher
New York : Basic Books, c1998.


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Library Journal

Reviewed on September 15, 1998

Journalist Karabell believes that there is a widening schism between the focus of academia and the needs of society. He argues that faculty are more concerned with their research interests than their teaching responsibilities--not a new insight--and that at today's colleges older students, outside employment, athletic scholarships, and the desire to get the credential rather than acquire a bas...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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