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College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be - Updated Edition (The William G. Bowen Series Book 82) by Andrew Delbanco; Andrew Delbanco is a education title available to read on EtoBox.
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<p><b>The strengths and failures of the American college, and why liberal education still matters</b><br><br>As the commercialization of American higher education accelerates, more and more students are coming to college with the narrow aim of obtaining a preprofessional credential. The traditional four-year college experience—an exploratory time for students to discover their passions and test ideas and values with the help of teachers and peers—is in danger of becoming a thing of the past.<br>
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- Author
- Andrew Delbanco; Andrew Delbanco
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691165516
- Category
- education
- Subjects
- Education, Philosophy, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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