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After the ivory tower falls : how college broke the American dream and blew up our politics-- and how to fix it / Will Bunch.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection LA226 .B84 2022
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Literary Award LC191.94 .B86 2022
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- Author/Creator:
- Bunch, William, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Political aspects--United States.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Democracy and education--United States.
- Democracy and education.
- Elite (Social sciences)--Education--United States.
- Elite (Social sciences).
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
- Education, Higher--Political aspects.
- Education, Higher--Social aspects.
- Elite (Social sciences)--Education.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Authors' autographs.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 312 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
- Summary:
- The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist presents a deeply researched look at the broken state of higher education in America and how we can work towards a new model that works for all Americans.
- Bunch presents a deeply researched look at the broken state of higher education in America. He traces the modern history of college in the United States, from the landmark GI Bill and the culture wars of the 60s and 70s, through the explosion in student loan debt that has fueled major social movements. In showing how resentment of college-educated elites morphed into a rejection of knowledge itself, Bunch proposes a new model of college education that works for all Americans. -- adapted from jacket
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Life During Wartime in Knox County, Ohio
- ch. 2 When College in America Almost Became a Public Good
- ch. 3 Why the Kent State Massacre Raised Your Tuition
- ch. 4 Yuppies, Dittoheads, and a "Big Sort": College and the Culture Wars
- ch. 5 The "Whole College Thing" Awkwardly Enters the 2020s
- Gap Year: The Quad: The Four People You Meet in Today's America
- ch. 6 A College Debt Crisis, Occupy Wall Street, and the Rise of a New New Left
- ch. 7 From Resentment of College to America's Rejection of Knowledge
- ch. 8 The Soul of a New Truman Commission
- ch. 9 A Bloodless War to Save America's Youth.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-302) and index.
- Athenaeum literary award ; 2022
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Jones Fund bookplate.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Athenaeum literary award copy signed by the author.
- ISBN:
- 9780063076990
- 0063076993
- OCLC:
- 1308411829
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