1st Edition
Higher Education and the American Dream Success and Its Discontents
Edited By Marvin Lazerson
Copyright 2007
232 Pages
by
Central European University Press
232 Pages
by
Central European University Press
Marvin Lazerson (professor at the Central European University and the University of Pennsylvania) considers the successes of higher education in the USA and how this has also bred discontent. He traces the development of higher education from the last half of the twentieth century, and considers why the expansion occurred, how it became an industry, and the increasing role of education in job... Read more
Acknowledgments, Introduction: Houses, automobiles, and higher education, Part I The Gospel of Getting Ahead, Part II Governance and Managerial Dilemmas, Part III The Learning Conundrum, References, Index
Biography
Marvin Lazerson is Professor of Higher Education in the School of Public Policy, Central European University and Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania.
