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The real world of college : what higher education is and what it can be / Wendy Fischman and Howard Gardner.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2022]Copyright date: © 2022Description: xix, 384 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780262046534
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.1/980973 23
LOC classification:
  • LC 1011 F529r 2022
Contents:
Introduction -- Part 1. What We Did, Why We Did It, and How We Did It. The "what" question : A campus visit -- The "why" question : Background and context for our study -- The "how questions" : Our methods -- Part 2. The Individual Learner. Higher education capital : What higher education should achieve -- Learnings, earnings, and yearnings : Mental models of the college experience -- Part 3. The Campus Culture. A pervasive finding : Mental health issues -- On belonging and alienation -- Part 4. What's to be Done. Stepping back and looking ahead : From is to ought -- Feedback to schools -- Part 5. Messages to Constituencies ... and to Ourselves. Messages to diverse constituencies -- Epilogue : The authors reflect.
Summary: "The authors present the results of a large-scale study of American colleges, and offer recommendations for rethinking and restructuring the delivery of liberal arts education"-- Provided by publisher.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) LC 1011 F529r 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000177444

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Introduction -- Part 1. What We Did, Why We Did It, and How We Did It. The "what" question : A campus visit -- The "why" question : Background and context for our study -- The "how questions" : Our methods -- Part 2. The Individual Learner. Higher education capital : What higher education should achieve -- Learnings, earnings, and yearnings : Mental models of the college experience -- Part 3. The Campus Culture. A pervasive finding : Mental health issues -- On belonging and alienation -- Part 4. What's to be Done. Stepping back and looking ahead : From is to ought -- Feedback to schools -- Part 5. Messages to Constituencies ... and to Ourselves. Messages to diverse constituencies -- Epilogue : The authors reflect.

"The authors present the results of a large-scale study of American colleges, and offer recommendations for rethinking and restructuring the delivery of liberal arts education"-- Provided by publisher.

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