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Two Cheers for Higher Education

Hardcover • 2019 • 1. edition

Two Cheers for Higher Education

By Steven Brint

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About the book

A leading expert challenges the prevailing gloomy outlook on higher education with solid evidence of its successesCrushing student debt, rapidly eroding state funding, faculty embroiled in speech controversies, a higher-education market disrupted by online competition-today's headlines suggest that universities' power to advance knowledge and shape American society is rapidly declining. But Steven Brint, a renowned analyst of academic institutions, has tracked numerous trends demonstrating their...Show more

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9780691182667

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2019

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1

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Two Cheers for Higher Education

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Hardcover

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