1st Edition
Redefining Higher Education How Self-Direction Can Save Colleges
By Melvyn L. Fein
Copyright 2014
318 Pages
by
Routledge
318 Pages
by
Routledge
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Higher education is in trouble. Commentators of all stripes bemoan escalating costs and diminishing quality. Solutions have been offered from all quarters, but tend to be piecemeal and all too often ideological. In this tough-minded look at the history, current climate, and future of university education in the United States, Melvyn L. Fein re-examines the mission of higher education and outlines... Read more
Preface
1 The Bubble
2 All the World's a Nail
3 The Mission of Higher Education
4 A Professionalized Society
5 Self-Direction
6 A Self-Directed Curriculum
7 Self-Directed Students
8 Self-Directed Faculties
9 An Evolutionary Perspective
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Melvyn L. Fein
