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Generation on Hold

Coming of Age in the Late Twentieth Century

By: James E. Cote,Anton Allahar

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Generation on Hold

Coming of Age in the Late Twentieth Century

By: James E. Cote,Anton Allahar

At last, a book about a group that's been sorely neglected, those who have come of age in an advanced industrial society in the late 20th century. Looks at facets such as education, youth unemployment and crime, family structure, and personal aspirations, using a multidisciplinary approach. Discusses the prolongation of youth resulting from industrialization and legislation, economic disenfranchisement and the new service worker, and youth targeted as consumers of the media, music, fashion, and education industries. Offers a model of coming of age in Sweden. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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NYU Press

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081471532X

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9780814715321

Lowering Higher Education

The Rise of Corporate Universities and the Fall of Liberal Education

By: James E. Côté,Anton Allahar

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Lowering Higher Education

The Rise of Corporate Universities and the Fall of Liberal Education

By: James E. Côté,Anton Allahar

A history of a mission adrift : the idea of the university subverted -- Stakeholder relations : the educational forum -- Standards : schools without scholarship? -- Universities : crisis, what crisis? -- Students : is disengagement inevitable? -- Technologies : will they save the day? -- Recommendations and conclusions : our stewardship of the system.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442611219

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9781442611214

Ivory Tower Blues

A University System in Crisis

By: James E. Côté*1953-,Anton L. Allahar

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Ivory Tower Blues

A University System in Crisis

By: James E. Côté*1953-,Anton L. Allahar

The present state of the university is a difficult issue to comprehend for anyone outside of the education system. If we are to believe common government reports that changes in policy are somehow making life easier for university graduates, we cannot help but believe that things are going right and are getting better in our universities. Ivory Tower Blues gives a decidedly different picture, examining this optimistic attitude as it impacts upon professors, students, and administrators in charge of the education system. Ivory Tower Blues is a frank account of the contemporary university, drawing on the authors' own research and personal experiences, as well as on input from students, colleagues, and administrators. James E. Côté and Anton L. Allahar offer an insider's account of the university system, an accurate, alternative view to that overwhelmingly presented to the general public. Throughout, the authors argue that fewer and fewer students are experiencing their university education in ways expected by their parents and the public. The majority of students are hampered by insufficient preparation at the secondary school level, lack of personal motivation, and disillusionment. Contrary to popular opinion, there is no administrative or governmental procedure in place to maintain standards of education. Ivory Tower Blues is an in-depth look at the crisis facing Canadian and American universities, the factors that are precipitating the situation, and the long-term impact this crisis will have on the quality of higher education.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802091822

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9780802091826

Richer and Poorer

The Structure of Inequality in Canada

By: Allahar, Anton,Côté, James E.

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Richer and Poorer

The Structure of Inequality in Canada

By: Allahar, Anton,Côté, James E.

Inequality increased in Canada throughout the 1990s. Despite government programs designed to confront the problem, more people than ever lived below the poverty line, with the young, women and visible minorities at greatest risk. Richer and Poorer describes the problem of inequality and explains why it is so hard to eradicate. The authors discuss why public policy and programs have not succeeded in ending gender, racial or other types of inequality, and why, without action, inequality in Canada will only increase Richer and Poorer is an acute and detailed analysis of the disparities of wealth and poverty as experienced in 1990s Canada.

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James Lorimer & Company

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1550286102

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9781550286106

Lowering Higher Education

The Rise of Corporate Universities and the Fall of Liberal Education

By: James Cote,Anton L. Allahar

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Lowering Higher Education

The Rise of Corporate Universities and the Fall of Liberal Education

By: James Cote,Anton L. Allahar

What happens to the liberal arts and science education when universities attempt to sell it as a form of job training? In Lowering Higher Education, a follow-up to their provocative 2007 book Ivory Tower Blues, James E. Côté and Anton L. Allahar explore the subverted 'idea of the university' and the forces that have set adrift the mission of these institutions. Côté and Allahar connect the corporatization of universities to a range of contentious issues within higher education, from lowered standards and inflated grades to the overall decline of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences instruction. Lowering Higher Education points to a fundamental disconnect between policymakers, who may rarely set foot in contemporary classrooms, and the teachers who must implement their educational policies—which the authors argue are poorly informed—on a daily basis. Côté and Allahar expose stakeholder misconceptions surrounding the current culture of academic disengagement and supposed power of new technologies to motivate students. While outlining what makes the status quo dysfunctional, Lowering Higher Education also offers recommendations that have the potential to reinvigorate liberal education.

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1442660031

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Ivory Tower Blues

A University System in Crisis

By: James E. Côté*1953-,Anton L. Allahar

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A University System in Crisis

By: James E. Côté*1953-,Anton L. Allahar

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Lowering Higher Education

The Rise of Corporate Universities and the Fall of Liberal Education

By: James E. Côté,Anton Allahar

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Lowering Higher Education

The Rise of Corporate Universities and the Fall of Liberal Education

By: James E. Côté,Anton Allahar

What happens to the liberal arts and science education when universities attempt to sell it as a form of job training? In Lowering Higher Education, a follow-up to their provocative 2007 book Ivory Tower Blues, James E. Côté and Anton L. Allahar explore the subverted 'idea of the university' and the forces that have set adrift the mission of these institutions. Côté and Allahar connect the corporatization of universities to a range of contentious issues within higher education, from lowered standards and inflated grades to the overall decline of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences instruction. Lowering Higher Education points to a fundamental disconnect between policymakers, who may rarely set foot in contemporary classrooms, and the teachers who must implement their educational policies--which the authors argue are poorly informed--on a daily basis. Côté and Allahar expose stakeholder misconceptions surrounding the current culture of academic disengagement and supposed power of new technologies to motivate students. While outlining what makes the status quo dysfunctional, Lowering Higher Education also offers recommendations that have the potential to reinvigorate liberal education.

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1442693452

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Richer and Poorer

The Structure of Inequality in Canada

By: Allahar, Anton,Côté, James E.

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The Structure of Inequality in Canada

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Generation on Hold

Coming of Age in the Late Twentieth Century

By: James E. Cote,Anton Allahar

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Coming of Age in the Late Twentieth Century

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Diasporas and Transnational Identities

A Special Issue of identity

By: Anton Allahar

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Diasporas and Transnational Identities

A Special Issue of identity

By: Anton Allahar

Concerned with ethnic identities in modern settings, this special issue: *offers a theoretical synthesis of the main debates in the field and seeks to clarify a number of terms and concepts that are inconsistently used in literature; *deals with the subjective identity choices made by individuals of biracial backgrounds; *examines the differences between the ways in which the Israeli census constructs the ethnicity of immigrants and the ways in which immigrants themselves construct their identities; *provides a rich mix of postmodern theorizing and anthropological concerns with dance and performance through an examination of Toronto's Caribana parade; and *traces the historical conditions and circumstances attending the institutions of slavery and indentureship, and analyzes the ethnic and racial divisions between those of East Indian and those of African Descent.

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Psychology Press

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1410607836

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