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020			_a9781250071590 (hardback)
020			_z9781250091765 (e-book)
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050	1	4	_aLA 227.4 _bS983f 2016
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100	1		_aSykes, Charles J.
245	1	0	_aFail U. : _bthe false promise of higher education / _cCharles J. Sykes.
250			_a1a ed.
260			_aNew York : _bSt. Martin's Press, _c2016.
300			_a278 p. ; _c24 cm
500			_aIncludes index
520			_a"The cost of a college degree has increased by 1,125% since 1978 - four times the rate of inflation. Total student debt is $1.3 trillion. Many private universities charge tuitions ranging from $60-70,000 per year. Nearly 2/3 of all college students must borrow to study, and the average student graduates with more than $30,000 in debt. 53% of college graduates under 25 years old are unemployed or underemployed (working part-time or in low-paying jobs that do not require college degrees). Professors - remember them? - rarely teach undergraduates at many major universities. 76% of all university classes are taught by part-time, untenured faculty. In Fail U., Charles J. Sykes asks, "Is it worth it?" With chapters exploring the staggering costs of a college education, the sharp decline in tenured faculty and teaching loads, the explosion of administrator jobs, the grandiose building plans (gyms, food courts, student recreation centers), and the hysteria surrounding the "epidemic" of campus rapes, "triggers," "micro-aggressions," and other forms of alleged trauma, Fail U. concludes by offering a different vision of higher education; one that is affordable, more productive, and better-suited to meet the needs of a diverse range of students. Provocative, persuasive, clear-eyed, and even amusing, Fail U. strips the academic emperor of its clothes to reveal the American university system as it really is - and how it must change"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aEducation, Higher _xAims and objectives _zUnited States.
650		0	_aEducation, Higher _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aCollege costs _zUnited States.
650		0	_aEducational change _zUnited States.
650		4	_aEducación superior _xFines y objetivos _zEstados Unidos.
650		4	_aEducación superior _xAspectos sociales _zEstados Unidos.
650		4	_aCostos universitarios _zEstados Unidos.
650		4	_aCambio educacional _zEstados Unidos.
856	4	2	_3Cover image _uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/590/9781250071590/image/lgcover.9781250071590.jpg
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