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The Real World of College : What Higher Education Is and What It Can Be

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts; The MIT Press, 2022Description: xix, 384 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780262046534
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Real world of collegeLOC classification:
  • LC1011.F475
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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Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Asian University for Women Library Non-fiction General Stacks LC1011.F475 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 029732
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Includes bibliographical references & index.

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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