Andrew Delbanco

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College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be - Updated Edition (Revised)Paperback - Revised, 28 December 2014

College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be - Updated Edition (Revised)
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William G. Bowen
Part of Series
William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education
Part of Series
William G. Bowen Series, 82
Print Length
264 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Date Published
28 Dec 2014
ISBN-10
0691165513
ISBN-13
9780691165516

Description

The strengths and failures of the American college, and why liberal education still matters

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 warns that it is becoming a privilege reserved for the relatively rich. In describing what a true college education should be, he demonstrates why making it available to as many young people as possible remains central to America's democratic promise.

In a brisk and vivid historical narrative, Delbanco explains how the idea of college arose in the colonial period from the Puritan idea of the gathered church, how it struggled to survive in the nineteenth century in the shadow of the new research universities, and how, in the twentieth century, it slowly opened its doors to women, minorities, and students from low-income families. He describes the unique strengths of America's colleges in our era of globalization and, while recognizing the growing centrality of science, technology, and vocational subjects in the curriculum, he mounts a vigorous defense of a broadly humanistic education for all. Acknowledging the serious financial, intellectual, and ethical challenges that all colleges face today, Delbanco considers what is at stake in the urgent effort to protect these venerable institutions for future generations.

In a new afterword, Delbanco responds to recent developments--both ominous and promising--in the changing landscape of higher education.

Product Details

Author:
Andrew Delbanco
Book Edition:
Revised
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
28 December 2014
Dimensions:
21.34 x 13.72 x 1.78 cm
Genre:
Higher Education
ISBN-10:
0691165513
ISBN-13:
9780691165516
Language:
English
Location:
Princeton
Pages:
264
Weight:
362.87 gm

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