The new education : how to revolutionize the university to prepare students for a world in flux / Ca...
The new education : how to revolutionize the university to prepare students for a world in flux / Ca...
The new education : how to revolutionize the university to prepare students for a world in flux / Cathy N. Davidson.
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New York : Basic Books, [2017]
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G 2017/4594
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Language
English
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Physical content
vii, 318 pages : 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- Quarter-life crisis -- College for everyone -- Against technophobia -- Against technophilia -- Palpable impact -- Why college costs so much -- The measure of a student -- The future of learning -- Ten tips for getting the most out of your college experience -- Ten tips for transformi...
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, [2017]
Edition
First edition.
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
"Our current system of higher education dates to the period from 1865 to 1925, when the nation's new universities created grades and departments, majors and minors, in an attempt to prepare young people for a world transformed by the telegraph and the Model T. As Cathy N. Davidson argues in The New Education, this approach to education is wholly un...
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The new education : how to revolutionize the university to prepare students for a world in flux / Cathy N. Davidson.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-302) and index.
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Online version: Davidson, Cathy N., 1949- author. New education First edition. New York : Basic Books, [2017] 9780465093182 (DLC) 2017032975
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©2017
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G 2017/4594
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74VKVEGkrk7A
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9780465079728
DDC
378
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991024132418102626
