Robert Samuels

Educating Inequality

Beyond the Political Myths of Higher Education and the Job Market

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring topics such as the fairness of the current social system, the focus on individual competition in an unequal society, and democracy and capitalism in higher education, this important book seeks to uncover the major myths that shape how people view higher education and its relation to the economy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 183mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 998g
• ISBN-13: 9781138068971
• ISBN-10: 1138068977
• Artikelnr.: 48742259

Autorenporträt

Robert Samuels is a Lecturer in the Writing Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: The Politics of Higher Education
Chapter 2: College and the Myth of the Good Job
Chapter 3: Why Higher Education Reduces Social Mobility
Chapter 4: The Myth of the Fair Meritocracy
Chapter 5: How College Changed Childhood, Education, and Parenting in
America
Chapter 6: Training Undemocratic Capitalists
Chapter 7: The Death of the Liberal Classroom
Chapter 8: Will Technology and the Free Market Save Higher Ed and the Job
Market?
Conclusion: Educating Equality