Ivory Tower Blues : : A University System in Crisis / / James Cote, Anton L. Allahar.

The present state of the university is a difficult issue to comprehend for anyone outside of the education system. If we are to believe common government reports that changes in policy are somehow making life easier for university graduates, we cannot help but believe that things are going right and...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2007
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Troubles in Paradise
  • 2. The Professor as a Reluctant Gatekeeper
  • 3. The Student as a Reluctant Intellectual
  • 4. Parents as Investors and Managers: The Bank of Mom and Dad (BMD)
  • 5. Policy Implications: So What Is University Good For? What Is Added beyond Alternatives?
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Index