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Declining by Degrees

Higher Education at Risk

By: Richard H. Hersh,John Merrow

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Declining by Degrees

Higher Education at Risk

By: Richard H. Hersh,John Merrow

What is actually happening on college campuses in the years between admission and graduation? Not enough to keep America competitive, and not enough to provide our citizens with fulfilling lives. When A Nation at Risk called attention to the problems of our public schools in 1983, that landmark report provided a convenient "cover" for higher education, inadvertently implying that all was well on America's campuses. Declining by Degrees blows higher education's cover. It asks tough--and long overdue--questions about our colleges and universities. In candid, coherent, and ultimately provocative ways, Declining by Degrees reveals: - how students are being short-changed by lowered academic expectations and standards; -why many universities focus on research instead of teaching and spend more on recruiting and athletics than on salaries for professors; -why students are disillusioned; -how administrations are obsessed with rankings in news magazines rather than the quality of learning; -why the media ignore the often catastrophic results; and -how many professors and students have an unspoken "non-aggression pact" when it comes to academic effort. Declining by Degrees argues persuasively that the multi-billion dollar enterprise of higher education has gone astray. At the same time, these essays offer specific prescriptions for change, warning that our nation is in fact at greater risk if we do nothing.

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St. Martin's Press

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1466893389

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9781466893382

The Politically Correct University

Problems, Scope, and Reforms

By: Robert Maranto,Fredrick Hess,Richard Redding

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The Politically Correct University

Problems, Scope, and Reforms

By: Robert Maranto,Fredrick Hess,Richard Redding

The Politically Correct University shows how the universities' quest for 'diversity' has produced in too many departments a stifling uniformity of thought. Required reading for those who want American universities to eschew political correctness." — Michael Barone, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute

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AEI Press

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1461660475

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9781461660477

The Demise of the Library School

Personal Reflections on Professional Education in the Modern Corporate University

By: Richard J. Cox

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The Demise of the Library School

Personal Reflections on Professional Education in the Modern Corporate University

By: Richard J. Cox

In The Demise of the Library School, Richard J. Cox places the present and future of professional education for librarianship in the debate on the modern corporate university. The book is a series of meditations on critical themes relating to the education of librarians, archivists, and other information professionals, playing off of other commentators analyzing the nature of higher education and its problems and promises.

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358

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Library Juice Press, LLC

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1936117452

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9781936117451

Handbook of Reliability Engineering and Management 2/E

By: W. Grant Ireson,Clyde F. Coombs,Richard Y. Moss

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Handbook of Reliability Engineering and Management 2/E

By: W. Grant Ireson,Clyde F. Coombs,Richard Y. Moss

Responsible For Reliability? Look No Further! Finally, a working tool that delivers expert guidance on all aspects of product reliability. W. Grant Ireson and Clyde F Coombs, Jr.'s new Second Edition of Handbook of Reliability Engineering and Management gives you the specific engineering, management, and mathematics data you need to design and manufacture more reliable electronic and mechanical devices as well as complete systems. You'll find proven industry practices for defining and achieving reliability goals--real how-to information, not theoretical generalities. You also get new methods for determining overall product reliability. . .the latest design techniques for extending a product's life cycle. . .tested strategies for incorporating reliability into new product development. . .and more.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0070127506

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9780070127500

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Declining by Degrees

Declining by Degrees

The Politically Correct University

The Politically Correct University

The Demise of the Library School

The Demise of the Library School

Handbook of Reliability Engineering and Management 2/E

Handbook of Reliability Engineering and Management 2/E

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