College

What It Was, Is, and Should Be - Updated Edition

By:

Andrew Delbanco

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

The William G. Bowen Series

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As the commercialization of American higher education accelerates, more and more students are coming to college with the narrow aim of obtaining a preprofessional credential. The traditional four-year college experience--an exploratory time for students to discover their passions and test ideas and values with the help of teachers and peers--is in

Author Biography:

Andrew Delbanco is the Mendelson Family Chair of American Studies and the Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. His books include Melville: His World and Work (Vintage), which won the Lionel Trilling Award and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in biography. He received the 2011 National Humanities Medal for his writing, which spans from the literature of Melville and Emerson to contemporary issues in higher education.

Release date Australia

December 28th, 2014

Author

Andrew Delbanco

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Contributor

Afterword by Andrew Delbanco

Edition

Revised edition

Pages

264

Series

The William G. Bowen Series

Dimensions

140x216x20

ISBN-13

9780691165516

Product ID

22970020

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