All The Essential Half-Truths About Higher Education; Author: O'Brien, George Dennis; Author: O'Brien, Dennis; Hardback; Book

Author: O'Brien, George Dennis; Author: O'Brien, Dennis
Hardback; Book
260 pages
Published: January 1998
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226616541

In a refreshingly original book, O'Brien argues that an intelligent debate about the future of higher education in America involves focusing on its institution, rather than its ideals. The book's witty and relaxed style disguises a serious, well-structured, and historically informed argument on the present challenges and future prospects of American higher education.Argues that an intelligent debate on the future of higher education in America requires a study of its institutions, not its ideals. Showing how US higher education has changed in the 20th century, this book examines how its institutions respond to financial, technological and cultural change.