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College : What it was, is, and Should be

By: Delbanco AndrewMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: USA Princeton University Press 2012Description: xx, 237 pISBN: 9780691165516LOC classification: L7

Contents:

INTRODUCTION 1. WHAT IS COLLEGE FOR? 2. ORIGINS 3. FROM COLLEGE TO UNIVERSITY 4. WHO WENT? WHO GOES? WHO PAYS? 5. BRAVE NEW WORLD 6. WHAT IS TO BE DONE?

Summary: As the commercialization of American higher education accelerates, more and more students are coming to college with the narrow aim of obtaining a preprofessional credential. The traditional four-year college experience--an exploratory time for students to discover their passions and test ideas and values with the help of teachers and peers--is in danger of becoming a thing of the past. In College, prominent cultural critic Andrew Delbanco offers a trenchant defense of such an education, and warns that it is becoming a privilege reserved for the relatively rich. In arguing for what a true college education should be, he demonstrates why making it available to as many young people as possible remains central to America's democratic promise.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	ICTS	Education	Rack No 01	L7 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	Available	Billno: 41071; Billdate: 30.08.2018		01356

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INTRODUCTION
1. WHAT IS COLLEGE FOR?
2. ORIGINS
3. FROM COLLEGE TO UNIVERSITY
4. WHO WENT? WHO GOES? WHO PAYS?
5. BRAVE NEW WORLD
6. WHAT IS TO BE DONE?

As the commercialization of American higher education accelerates, more and more students are coming to college with the narrow aim of obtaining a preprofessional credential. The traditional four-year college experience--an exploratory time for students to discover their passions and test ideas and values with the help of teachers and peers--is in danger of becoming a thing of the past. In College, prominent cultural critic Andrew Delbanco offers a trenchant defense of such an education, and warns that it is becoming a privilege reserved for the relatively rich. In arguing for what a true college education should be, he demonstrates why making it available to as many young people as possible remains central to America's democratic promise.

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