ISBN: 9780393062755 - the marketplace of ideas: reform and resistance in the american university: reform and reaction in the american university (issues of our time, band 0) (18 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Why do professors all tend to think alike? What makes it so hard for colleges to decide which subjects should be required? Why do teachers and scholars find it so difficult to transcend the limits of their disciplines? Why, in short, are problems that should be easy for universities to solve so intractable? The answer, Louis Menand argues, is that the institutional structure and the educational philosophy of higher education have remained the same for one hundred years, while faculties and student bodies have radically changed and technology has drastically transformed the way people produce and disseminate knowledge. At a time when competition to get into and succeed in college has never been more intense, universities are providing a less-useful education. Sparking a long-overdue debate about the future of American education, The Marketplace of Ideas examines what professors and students and all the rest of us might be better off without, while assessing what it is worth saving in our traditional university institutions.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Why do professors all tend to think alike? What makes it so hard for colleges to decide which subjects should be required? Why do teachers and scholars find it so difficult to transcend the limits of their disciplines? Why, in short, are problems that should be easy for universities to solve so intractable? The answer, Louis Menand argues, is that the institutional structure and the educational philosophy of higher education have remained the same for one hundred years, while faculties and student bodies have radically changed and technology has drastically transformed the way people produce and disseminate knowledge. At a time when competition to get into and succeed in college has never been more intense, universities are providing a less-useful education. Sparking a long-overdue debate about the future of American education, The Marketplace of Ideas examines what professors and students and all the rest of us might be better off without, while assessing what it is worth saving in our traditional university institutions.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition first Printing. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Zustand: Good. First Edition first Printing. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

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gebundene Ausgabe. Zustand: Gut. 174 Seiten Der Erhaltungszustand des hier angebotenen Werks ist trotz seiner Bibliotheksnutzung sehr sauber und kann entsprechende Merkmale aufweisen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel.). In ENGLISCHER Sprache. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 330.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:9780393062755.…

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:9780393062755.…

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 176 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover with dust jacket. Zustand: Sehr gut. 173 p: Supplememts. Lediglich der Schutzumschlag ist minimal berieben. Sost aber ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar/ Only the dust jacket is minimally rubbed. Otherwise a very good and clean copy. - In this informative book, Louis Menand argues that although the demographics, the mission, and the scale of American higher education have all changed dramatically, its institutional structure and educational philosophy have remained relatively static for the last hundred years. In examining the origins of the university in the nineteenth century, and how it evolved in the twentieth, The Marketplace of Ideas uncovers the anachronisms and anomalies in twenty-first-century higher education, and separates what is worth preserving from what we might be better off without. Along the way, Menand explains when the liberal arts became segregated from professional education, how general education programs developed in response to social change and world events, and why interdisciplinary has become a buzzword among professors, deans, and graduate students. He examines how the professoriate became professionalized, what happened to the humanities disciplines after the 1960s, and why, although a person can get a law degree in three years and a medical degree in four years, the median time to a PhD in English is nine years. More fundamentally, he asks whether we are training professors to do the things we are now asking them to doto teach to people outside their own specialties, to connect their subject matter to issues that will concern their students after they graduate, and to collaborate in teaching and research with professors in other disciplines. Is trying to reform the contemporary university like trying to get on the Internet with a typewriter? The Marketplace of Ideas is certain to spark a long-overdue debate about the condition of American higher education. LOUIS MENAND, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of English at Harvard University, is the author of The Metaphysical Club, which won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in History. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 2001. ISBN 9780393062755 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 320.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. 174pp. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear at the spine ends. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Graham Hodges with beset wishes Louis Menand". Recipient, Hodges, is the prolific and important author or editor of many important books on various subjects, particularly the African-American experience. Part of the "Issues of Our Times" series. Uncommon signed. Signed.…