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He quotes john ruskin grabbing everything you can isnt any more virtuous when you do it with the power of your brains than it i... Read More
He then speaks toward the goals and mission of higher education and compares and contrast these universities with the ideal and... Read More
Our leaders the elite who are supposed to work for the greater good enrich themselves at everyone elses expense and justify the... Read More
With the immense issue of student debt and trend towards shorter practical based college alternatives deresiewicz would be bett... Read More
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Received exactly as advertised and waay b4 suggested date thank you
Most of all excellent sheep dreams of a world without a meritocratic elite
Most americans work hard without receiving the rewards theyve earned
I think its greatgood reading true facts and he is right college needs to be fixed
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higher, great and elite. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 600 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 30 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Perhaps when somebody who doesnt have the same world view as charlie prof scam sykes or the dyspepsia of allan closing of the american mind bloom makes some of the same arguments about the emptiness of higher education as practiced by prestigechasing administrators and glass bead collecting professors that will change the minds of people whose priors would be to dismiss the earlier works because of disagreements with the authors thereof
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If you have ever been in school in the u
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I think its greatgood reading true facts and he is right college needs to be fixed
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Deresiewiczs only flaw and its a big one is that he is very caught up in an idyllic dreamy vision of what schools could become
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With the immense issue of student debt and trend towards shorter practical based college alternatives deresiewicz would be better off framing his vision as a dream and not a solution
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Any young college student should read this book
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Deresiewicz does an excellent job presenting a comprehensive view of how elitism in higher education reflects and perpetuates elitism in larger society
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A truly enriching but by its nature depressing read
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