We're losing our minds
Subtitle: rethinking American higher education
By: Richard Keeling, Richard H. Hersh
Contributors: Hersh, Richard H., 1942-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780230339828; 9780230339835
Subjects: Higher Education; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General; EDUCATION / Higher; Educational change; EDUCATION / General; Education and state
Description: "America is being held back by the quality and quantity of learning in college. This is a true educational emergency! Many college graduates cannot think critically, write effectively, solve problems, understand complex issues, or meet employers' expectations. We are losing our minds--and endangering our social, economic, and scientific leadership. Critics say higher education costs too much and should be more efficient but the real problem is value, not cost--financial "solutions" alone won't work. In this book, Hersh and Keeling argue that the only solution--making learning the highest priority in college--demands fundamental change throughout higher education"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Higher Education Without Higher Learning * Judging College Quality * The Developmental Basis of Higher Learning * The Neuroscience of Learning * Assessment for Higher Learning * More is Not Better, Better is More: A Framework for Rethinking American Higher Education * Talk of Change is Not Change: Rethinking American Higher Education.