Richard Arum: 3 books
Aspiring Adults Adrift
Tentative Transitions of College Graduates
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Few books have ever made their presence felt on college campuses—and newspaper opinion pages—as quickly and thoroughly as Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa’s 2011 landmark study of undergraduates’ learning, socialization, and study habits, Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses....
Academically Adrift
Limited Learning on College Campuses
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
In spite of soaring tuition costs, more and more students go to college every year. A bachelor’s degree is now required for entry into a growing number of professions. And some parents begin planning for the expense of sending their kids to college when they’re born. Almost everyone strives to...
The Structure of Schooling
Readings in the Sociology of Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
The Structure of Schooling: Readings in the Sociology of Education by Richard Arum, Irenee Beattie, and Karly Ford exposes students to examples of sociological research on schools, with a focus on the school as community. Now in its Third Edition, this engaging reader has broadened its scope even...