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Higher Education and the American Dream: Success and Its Discontents
By Marvin Lazerson
232 pages
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- Central European University Press
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Table of contents
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- Higher Education and the American Dream i
- Title Page iii
- Table of Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction - Houses, Automobiles, and Higher Education 1
- Part I - The Gospel of Getting Ahead 11
- Chapter 1 - Building the Dream (And Worrying About It) 13
- Chapter 2 - Higher Education as Vocational Education* 41
- Part II - Governance and Managerial Dilemmas 67
- Chapter 3 - Who Governs Higher Education? 69
- Chapter 4 - Managerial Imperatives 95
- Part III - The Teaching and Learning Conundrum 113
- Chapter 5 - Academic Disciplines, Research Imperatives, and Undergraduate Learning 115
- Chapter 6 - A Revolution in Teaching and Learning?* 147
- Part IV - Making Things Better 185
- Chapter 7 - Why is Higher Education So Hard to Reform? 187
- Higher Education and the American Dream i
- Title Page iii
- Table of Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction - Houses, Automobiles, and Higher Education 1
- Part I - The Gospel of Getting Ahead 11
- Chapter 1 - Building the Dream (And Worrying About It) 13
- Chapter 2 - Higher Education as Vocational Education* 41
- Part II - Governance and Managerial Dilemmas 67
- Chapter 3 - Who Governs Higher Education? 69
- Chapter 4 - Managerial Imperatives 95
- Part III - The Teaching and Learning Conundrum 113
- Chapter 5 - Academic Disciplines, Research Imperatives, and Undergraduate Learning 115
- Chapter 6 - A Revolution in Teaching and Learning?* 147
- Part IV - Making Things Better 185
- Chapter 7 - Why is Higher Education So Hard to Reform? 187
- References 201
- Name Index 213
- Subject Index 215