A Liberal Education

by Brendan Apfeld, John Gerring, Emanuel Coman

Enlisting a natural experiment, global surveys, and historical data, this book examines the university's evolution and its contemporary impact. Its authors conduct an unprecedented big-data comparative study of the consequences of higher education on ideology, democratic citizenship, and more. They conclude that university education has a profound effect on social and political attitudes across the world, greater than that registered by social class,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009424777
• ISBN13: 9781009424776
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"