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Higher Education?: How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids---and What We Can Do About It
Higher Education How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kidsand What We Can Do About It
Author: Andrew Hacker, Claudia Dreifus
ISBN-13: 9780805087345
ISBN-10: 0805087346
Publication Date: 8/3/2010
Pages: 288
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2.2 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Times Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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I checked this out on a whim as I heard the authors being interviewed on NPR on my drive to the library. I like the big ideas they raise (abolish tenure, sabbaticals, & competitive athletics, send every American to college) but I was irritated by the argumentative tone in their writing. The sounded much more reasonable on the radio! I'm not connected to an academic community to know how much of a stir this created. Interesting to think about, but I don't see any of their proposals happening any time soon.