College What It Was, Is, and Should Be

Name: College What It Was, Is, and Should Be
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ISBN: 9780691158297

ISBN-10: 0691158290

ISBN-13: 9780691158297

Edition: 2013 (Revised)

Authors: Andrew Delbanco

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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.InCollege, 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…

Book details

List price: $13.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 4/21/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English



Preface to the Paperback Edition


Preface


Introduction



What Is College For?



Origins



From College to University



Who Went? Who Goes? Who Pays?



Brave New World



What Is to Be Done?


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index