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Choosing a College: Why the Best Colleges May Be Your Worst Choice
Contributor(s): Honigman, Robert David (Author)
ISBN: 0595283144     ISBN-13: 9780595283149
Publisher: iUniverse
OUR PRICE:   $13.25  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2003
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Annotation: Robert Honigman has studied and written about higher education for more than 25 years. He is the author of "University Secrets." In "Choosing a College" he'll tell you things you won't learn in a classroom.

Chapter One gives 50 key questions to ask in selecting a college.
Chapter Two presents a critical history of American university.
Chapter Three discusses why a liberal education is important.
Chapter Four suggests why you shouldn't go to elite rese arch universities like Harvard or Berkeley, even if admitted.
C hapter Five describes how major universities are sorting us into w inners and losers.
Chapter Six offers so me final advice on education and choosing a college.
Appendices A-D present thumbnail sketches of Harvard, Michigan, Berkeley, and Texas A&M.
A final appendix makes proposals for university reform.

To get the best college education you can, read "Choosing a College."
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Study Aids | College Guides
Dewey: 378.198
Physical Information: 0.33" H x 6.1" W x 9.16" (0.47 lbs) 132 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Robert Honigman has studied and written about higher education for more than 25 years. He is the author of University Secrets. In Choosing a College he'll tell you things you won't learn in a classroom.

- Chapter One gives 50 key questions to ask in selecting a college.
- Chapter Two presents a critical history of American university.
- Chapter Three discusses why a liberal education is important.
- Chapter Four suggests why you shouldn't go to elite research universities like Harvard or Berkeley, even if admitted.
- Chapter Five describes how major universities are sorting us into "winners" and "losers".
- Chapter Six offers some final advice on education and choosing a college.
- Appendices A-D present thumbnail sketches of Harvard, Michigan, Berkeley, and Texas A&M.
- A final appendix makes proposals for university reform.

To get the best college education you can, read Choosing a College.