how colleges are wasting our money and failing our kids--and what we can do about it Hacker, Andrew 1929‐ creator Dreifus, Claudia 1944- text bibliography nyu New York Times Books 2010 monographic eng

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271 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Calling for a thorough overhaul of a self-indulgent system, the authors make an incisive case that the American way of higher education, now a $420 billion-per-year business, has lost sight of its primary mission: the education of young adults. Taking readers on a road trip from Princeton to Evergreen State to Florida Gulf Coast University, Hacker and Dreifus reveal those faculties and institutions that are getting it right and proving that teaching and learning can be achieved--and at a much more reasonable price. The world of the professoriate -- Administrative overload -- Contingent education -- The golden dozen -- Teaching: good, great, abysmal -- The triumph of training -- Why college costs so much -- Fireproof: the tangled issue of tenure -- The athletics incubus -- Student bodies -- Visiting the future in Florida -- The college crucible: add students and stir -- Schools we like: our top ten list. Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Education, Higher United States College costs United States College teachers United States Educación superior Estados unidos Educación superior Costos Profesores universitarios Estados Unidos LA 227.4 H118h 2010 378.73 9780805087345 0805087346 DLC 100305 20230410123919.0 eng