What Is College For? the Public Purpose of Higher Education

by Harry Lewis and Ellen Condliffe Lagemann

Book Overview

At a time when higher education attendance has never felt more mandatory for career success and economic growth, the distinguished contributors to this provocative collection ask readers to consider the civic mission of higher education as equally vital to the nation's well-being. Should higher education serve a greater public interest? In what ways should colleges and universities be asked to participate in public controversies? What should we...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807752754
• ISBN13: 9780807752753
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"