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Why Public Higher Education Should be Free
Robert Samuels
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Description for Why Public Higher Education Should be Free
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JNA; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Universities tend to be judged by the test scores of their incoming students and not on what students actually learn once they attend these institutions. While shared tests and surveys have been developed, most schools refuse to publish the results. Instead, they allow such publications as U.S. News & World Report to define educational quality. In order to raise their status in these rankings, institutions pour money into new facilities and extracurricular activities while underfunding their educational programs.
In Why Public Higher Education Should Be Free, Robert Samuels argues that many institutions of higher education squander funds and mislead ... Read more
Universities tend to be judged by the test scores of their incoming students and not on what students actually learn once they attend these institutions. While shared tests and surveys have been developed, most schools refuse to publish the results. Instead, they allow such publications as U.S. News & World Report to define educational quality. In order to raise their status in these rankings, institutions pour money into new facilities and extracurricular activities while underfunding their educational programs.
In Why Public Higher Education Should Be Free, Robert Samuels argues that many institutions of higher education squander funds and mislead ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813561233
SKU
V9780813561233
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About Robert Samuels
ROBERT SAMUELS is the president of the University Council–American Federation of Teachers union representing over 3,000 lecturers and librarians in the University of California System. He is a lecturer at the University of California at Los Angeles and Santa Barbara and the author of the popular blog Changing Universities. He often writes for the Huffington Post on higher education, and ... Read more
Reviews for Why Public Higher Education Should be Free
"Samuels's argument is a persuasive and informative introduction to the higher education industry."
Publishers Weekly
"Adding his voice to a growing chorus of critiques of the state of higher education, Samuels, a prolific blogger on the subject of higher education, seeks to convince his readers of the disconnect between the cost of tuition and the quality of instruction ... Read more
Publishers Weekly
"Adding his voice to a growing chorus of critiques of the state of higher education, Samuels, a prolific blogger on the subject of higher education, seeks to convince his readers of the disconnect between the cost of tuition and the quality of instruction ... Read more