Anton L Allahar: 2 books
Lowering Higher Education
The Rise of Corporate Universities and the Fall of Liberal Education
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
What happens to the liberal arts and science education when universities attempt to sell it as a form of job training? In Lowering Higher Education, a follow-up to their provocative 2007 book Ivory Tower Blues, James E. Côté and Anton L. Allahar explore the subverted 'idea of the university' and...
Ivory Tower Blues
A University System in Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2007
The present state of the university is a difficult issue to comprehend for anyone outside of the education system. If we are to believe common government reports that changes in policy are somehow making life easier for university graduates, we cannot help but believe that things are going right and...