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The quiet crisis : how higher education is failing America /

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Go to college. Get a good job. This sounds simple, but is this what American's higher education system is actually doing? Not for many, according to Smith (founding president, California State U.- Monterey). Drawing from his experience in state and national politics as well as his years in acad...

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Main Author: Smith, Peter, 1945- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bolton, Mass. : Anker Pub. Company, [2004]
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Non-formal education > United States.
Self-culture.
Occupational training > United States.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > États-Unis.
Éducation non formelle > États-Unis.
Autodidaxie.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
Non-formal education.
Occupational training.
United States.
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Summary:Go to college. Get a good job. This sounds simple, but is this what American's higher education system is actually doing? Not for many, according to Smith (founding president, California State U.- Monterey). Drawing from his experience in state and national politics as well as his years in academia, Smith details the ways in which American higher education is failing at educating, especially in its ability to serve an increasingly diverse population in an increasingly complex and technological world. Proposing that universities change from institutions of teaching to institutions of learning, Smith proposes a number of startlingly simple innovations that will help America get into the current millennium in terms of higher education. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Incorporated, Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Physical Description:xxv, 174 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-166) and index.
ISBN:1882982703
9781882982707