Crisis in the Academy: Rethinking Higher Education in America

by Christopher J. Lucas

Book Overview

Not since student turmoil and unrest wreaked havoc on the nation's campuses three decades ago has American higher education been the subject of so much controversy and popular criticism. Countless indictments compete for the public's attention as critics explore vital issues confronting today's institutions of higher learning: curricular fragmentation, declining academic standards, the apparent erosion of liberal learning within academe, widespread...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312176864
• ISBN13: 9780312176860
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.7"