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A critique of modern universities criticizes "publish or perish" policies, academic fundamentalism, misapplication of scientific method, and the growing dependence on research grants from the government and big business
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Historian Smith is the author of the eight-volume "People's History of the United States." Here he has produced an excellent general history of American higher education, beginning with a discussion of its current problems. Smith's insights and controversial comments have the potential for upsetting those wedded to the status quo in higher education in the same fashion that A Nation at Risk did for K-12 public education. Approximately one third of the book deals with the "sacred cows," foibles, and fallacies of higher education: tenure; graduate assistants teaching instead of faculty; the publish or perish syndrome; women's studies; the nonscientific social sciences; and the inhumanity of the humanities. One oversight of the book is the lack of mention of the community/junior college movement. For eductors, administrators, and others concerned with the future of higher education. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 11/15/89.
- Scott Johnson, Meridian Community Coll. Lib., Miss.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Publishers Weekly
Smith, who seeks to restore the modern university as a true "academic community," advocates a combination of Christian tradition and secular democracy. "To the continuing debate about the ills of American higher education, Smith . . . contributes probing, provocative insights," said PW.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherPenguin Group USA
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0140121838
- ISBN 13 9780140121834
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages336
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