The case against education : why our education system is a waste of time and money (Record no. 2038)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780691174655
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Transcribing agency Educational Supplies
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Classification number LA217.2
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Personal name Caplan, Bryan Douglas
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Title The case against education : why our education system is a waste of time and money
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. USA
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Princeton University
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2018
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Pages: xiv, 395 p
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Formatted contents note Introduction<br/>CHAPTER 1 The Magic of Education<br/>CHAPTER 2 The Puzzle Is Real: The Ubiquity of Useless Education<br/>CHAPTER 3 The Puzzle Is Real: The Handsome Rewards of Useless Education<br/>CHAPTER 4 The Signs of Signaling: In Case You’re Still Not Convinced<br/>CHAPTER 5 Who Cares If It’s Signaling? The Selfish Return to Education<br/>CHAPTER 6 We Care If It’s Signaling: The Social Return to Education<br/>CHAPTER 7 The White Elephant in the Room: We Need Lots Less Education<br/>CHAPTER 8 1 > 0: We Need More Vocational Education<br/>CHAPTER 9 Nourishing Mother Is Education Good for the Soul?<br/>CHAPTER 10 Five Chats on Education and Enlightenment<br/>Conclusion
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Summary, etc. Despite being immensely popular--and immensely lucrative-education is grossly overrated. In this explosive book, Bryan Caplan argues that the primary function of education is not to enhance students' skill but to certify their intelligence, work ethic, and conformity-in other words, to signal the qualities of a good employee. Learn why students hunt for easy As and casually forget most of what they learn after the final exam, why decades of growing access to education have not resulted in better jobs for the average worker but instead in runaway credential inflation, how employers reward workers for costly schooling they rarely if ever use, and why cutting education spending is the best remedy.
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        Education ICTS Rack No 01 09/07/2018 LA217.2 01355 Book