Lowering Higher Education: The Rise of Corporate Universities and the Fall of Liberal Education Contributor(s): Cote, James (Author), Allahar, Anton L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442611219 ISBN-13: 9781442611214 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Higher - Education | Educational Policy & Reform |
Dewey: 378 |
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.12" W x 8.95" (0.86 lbs) 256 pages |
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Publisher Description: What happens to the liberal arts and science education when universities attempt to sell it as a form of job training? In Lowering Higher Education, a follow-up to their provocative 2007 book Ivory Tower Blues, James E. Côté and Anton L. Allahar explore the subverted 'idea of the university' and the forces that have set adrift the mission of these institutions. Côté and Allahar connect the corporatization of universities to a range of contentious issues within higher education, from lowered standards and inflated grades to the overall decline of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences instruction. |
Contributor Bio(s): Allahar, Anton L.: - Anton L. Allahar is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario. |