As if learning mattered : reforming higher education /
Although the culture wars have preoccupied the nation for the past two decades, these impassioned debates about the function of education have produced few lasting institutional changes. Writing with wit and precision, Richard E. Miller shows why the system of higher education has been particularly...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca, N.Y. :
Cornell University Press,
1998.
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| Series: | Cornell paperbacks
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| Summary: | Although the culture wars have preoccupied the nation for the past two decades, these impassioned debates about the function of education have produced few lasting institutional changes. Writing with wit and precision, Richard E. Miller shows why the system of higher education has been particularly resistant to reform. Unraveling stereotypes about conservative, liberal, and radical reform efforts, Miller looks at what has actually happened when theories about education have been put into practice. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 249 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-243) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0801434831 9780801434839 0801485282 9780801485282 |