Two Cheers for Higher Education: Why American Universities Are Stronger Than Ever--And How to Meet the Challenges They Face

by Steven Brint

Book Overview

A leading expert challenges the prevailing gloomy outlook on higher education with solid evidence of its successes

Crushing student debt, rapidly eroding state funding, faculty embroiled in speech controversies, a higher-education market disrupted by online competition--today's headlines suggest that universities' power to advance knowledge and shape American society is rapidly declining. But Steven Brint, a renowned analyst of academic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691182663
• ISBN13: 9780691182667
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.4"