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Making College Right - Heretical Thoughts & Practical Proposals (Paperback)
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Making College Right - Heretical Thoughts & Practical Proposals (Paperback)
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Loot Price R488
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American higher education faces an array of major problems,
including skyrocketing tuition, mania over college rankings, the
crass commercialiam of big-time sports, controversial admissions
preference for certain groups, a basic liberal arts curriculum that
fails to do its job and increasingly shifts the responsibility to
high schools, to name only some. Yet the powers in control --
colleges nationwide, along with U.S. NEWS magazine, the National
Collegiate Athletic Association, and the College Board -- fail to
make essential changes. Instead they present a facade of
rationalizations and misinformation to justify unsound practices.
WILLIAM CASEMENT confronts this situation as both a professional
philosopher and successful businessman whose perspective is unique.
MAKING COLLEGE RIGHT cuts through the public persona of the higher
education establishment, exposing each faulty argument in turn,
then applies common sense principles for setting our nation's
colleges on a proper course. Included are proposals for inducing
colleges to lower tuition, creating a far better ranking system,
the full professionalization of Division I sports, and major
revision of the core curriculum, among others. The book's engaging
"straight talk" style makes it appropriate for a broad audience.
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Imprint: |
National Association of Scholars
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 2012 |
First published: |
December 2012 |
Authors: |
William Casement
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
236 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-615-62692-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
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LSN: |
0-615-62692-0 |
Barcode: |
9780615626925 |
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