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In spite of soaring tuition costs, more and more students go to college every year. A bachelor’s degree is now required for entry into a growing number of professions. And some parents begin planning for the expense of sending their kids to college when they’re born. Almost everyone strives to... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
"Colleges and universities, for all the benefits they bring, accomplish far less for their students than they should," the former president of Harvard University, Derek Bok, recently lamented.
Table of Contents edit
Acknowledgments
1. College Cultures and Student Learning
2. Origins and Trajectories
3. Pathways through Colleges Adrift
4. Channeling Students' Energies toward Learning
5. A Mandate for Reform
Methodological Appendix
Notes
bibliography
Index
Series & Lists edit
This is book 8 of 10 in Bill Gates Top Ten Books of 2012 That Made Him Think. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Richard Arum (Author) - Richard Arum is professor in the Department of Sociology with a joint appointment in the Steinhardt School of Education at new York University. He is also director of the Education Research Program of the Social Science Research Council and the author of Judging School Discipline: The Crisis of Moral Authority in American Schools. (This information is quoted from the beginning of his book, Academically Adrift).
Other Contributors:
- Josipa Roksa (Author) - Josipa Roksa is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Virginia. (This information is quoted from the beginning of his book, Academically Adrift).
- Melissa Velez (Author) - Co-author to Chapter Two "Origins and Trajectories," Chapter Three "Pathways through Colleges Adrift" and "Methodological Appendix"
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: call# la227.4.a78 2011
- Dewey: 378.198
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Education
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