1st Edition
Investment in Learning The Individual and Social Value of American Higher Education
Edited By Howard Bowen
Copyright 1996
534 Pages
by
Routledge
507 Pages
by
Routledge
507 Pages
by
Routledge
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The value of higher education has been under attack as seldom before in American history. We are told of the overeducated American, of the case against college, and of the failure of education to contribute significantly to the reduction of inequality. In this environment, republication of an exceptionally comprehensive and judicious analysis of all that has been learned—and not learned—about the... Read more
One: The Setting; 1: Efficiency and Accountability in Higher Education; 2: Goals: The Intended Outcomes of Higher Education; Two: Consequences for Individuals; 3: Cognitive Learning; 4: Emotional and Moral Development; 5: Practical Competence for Citizenship and Economic Productivity; 6: Practical Competence for Family Life, Consumer Behavior, Leisure, and Health; 7: The Whole Person; 8: Similarities and Differences Among Institutions; Three: Consequences for Society; 9: Societal Outcomes from Education; 10: Societal Outcomes from Research and Public Service; 11: Progress Toward Human Equality; 12: Economic Returns on Investments in Higher Education; 13: Views of Social Critics; 4: Conclusions; 14: Is Higher Education Worth the Cost?; 15: The Future of American Higher Education
Biography
Howard Bowen
