A critical exploration of American higher education, defending the value of a broad, humanistic college experience.
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A critical exploration of American higher education, defending the value of a broad, humanistic college experience.
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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. In College, prominent cultural critic Andrew Delbanco offers a trenchant defense of such an education, and...
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Moderate focus on historical religious roots of colleges, including Puritan influences.
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Major focus on social and cultural critiques of higher education and access inequality.
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