The Case against Education : : Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money / / Bryan Caplan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English
• VerfasserIn: Caplan, Bryan,
• TeilnehmendeR: Caplan, Bryan.
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (424 p.) :; 45 b/w illus. 17 tables.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; List of Tables --; Preface --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. The Magic of Education --; Chapter 2. The Puzzle Is Real: The Ubiquity of Useless Education --; Chapter 3. The Puzzle Is Real: The Handsome Rewards of Useless Education --; Chapter 4. The Signs of Signaling: In Case You're Still Not Convinced --; Chapter 5. Who Cares If It's Signaling? The Selfish Return to Education --; Chapter 6. We Care If It's Signaling: The Social Return to Education --; Chapter 7. The White Elephant in the Room: We Need Lots Less Education --; Chapter 8. 1 > 0: We Need More Vocational Education --; Chapter 9. Nourishing Mother: Is Education Good for the Soul? --; Chapter 10. Five Chats on Education and Enlightenment --; Conclusion --; Afterword to the Paperback Edition --; Technical Appendix: Completion Probability and Student Quality --; Notes --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691201436; 9783110610765; 9783110664232; 9783110610130; 9783110606485; 9783110606591
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691201436?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Bryan Caplan.

Why we need to stop wasting public funds on educationDespite being immensely popular-and immensely lucrative-education is grossly overrated. Now with a new afterword by Bryan Caplan, this explosive book argues that the primary function of education is not to enhance students' skills but to signal the qualities of a good employee. Learn why students hunt for easy As only to forget most of what they learn after the final exam, why decades of growing access to education have not resulted in better jobs for average workers, how employers reward workers for costly schooling they rarely ever use, and why cutting education spending is the best remedy. Romantic notions about education being "good for the soul" must yield to careful research and common sense-The Case against Education points the way.