The Real World of College: What Higher Education Is and What It Can Be

by Howard Gardner and Wendy Fischman

Book Overview

Why higher education in the United States has lost its way, and how universities and colleges can focus sharply on their core mission.

For The Real World of College, Wendy Fischman and Howard Gardner analyzed in-depth interviews with more than 2,000 students, alumni, faculty, administrators, parents, trustees, and others, which were conducted at ten institutions ranging from highly selective liberal arts colleges to less-selective...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262046539
• ISBN13: 9780262046534
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 8.1"