Items related to The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in...
The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University (Issues of Our Time) - Hardcover
Has American higher education become a dinosaur?
Why do professors all tend to think alike? What makes it so hard for colleges to decide which subjects should be required? Why do teachers and scholars find it so difficult to transcend the limits of their disciplines? Why, in short, are problems that should be easy for universities to solve so intractable? The answer, Louis Menand argues, is that the institutional structure and the educational philosophy of higher education have remained the same for one hundred years, while faculties and student bodies have radically changed and technology has drastically transformed the way people produce and disseminate knowledge. At a time when competition to get into and succeed in college has never been more intense, universities are providing a less-useful education. Sparking a long-overdue debate about the future of American education, The Marketplace of Ideas examines what professors and students―and all the rest of us―might be better off without, while assessing what it is worth saving in our traditional university institutions."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Louis Menand, professor of English at Harvard University, is the author of The Metaphysical Club, which won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in History. A longtime staff writer for The New Yorker, he lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Review:
“To anyone who has spent time on the inside, as they say, The Marketplace of Ideas is alternately bracing and chilling.... As ever, Menand writes like an angel, with the wry élan that made his previous book, The Metaphysical Club, such a winning exploration of the history of ideas.”
- Kirk Davis Swinehart, Chicago Tribune
- Kirk Davis Swinehart, Chicago Tribune
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0393062759
- ISBN 13 9780393062755
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages176
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 26.13
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University (Issues of Our Time)
Published by
W. W. Norton & Company
(2010)
ISBN 10: 0393062759
ISBN 13: 9780393062755
New
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition 0.7. Seller Inventory # bk0393062759xvz189zvxnew
Buy New
US$ 26.13
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University (Issues of Our Time)
Published by
W. W. Norton & Company
(2010)
ISBN 10: 0393062759
ISBN 13: 9780393062755
New
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 0.7. Seller Inventory # 353-0393062759-new
Buy New
US$ 26.13
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University (Issues of Our Time)
Published by
W. W. Norton & Company
(2010)
ISBN 10: 0393062759
ISBN 13: 9780393062755
New
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Seller Inventory # GoldenDragon0393062759
Buy New
US$ 22.91
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University (Issues of Our Time)
Published by
W. W. Norton & Company
(2010)
ISBN 10: 0393062759
ISBN 13: 9780393062755
New
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0393062759
Buy New
US$ 26.06
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University (Issues of Our Time)
Published by
W. W. Norton & Company
(2010)
ISBN 10: 0393062759
ISBN 13: 9780393062755
New
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0393062759
Buy New
US$ 27.76
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University (Issues of Our Time)
Published by
W. W. Norton Company (January 18, 2010)
(2010)
ISBN 10: 0393062759
ISBN 13: 9780393062755
New
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0393062759
Buy New
US$ 29.07
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University (Issues of Our Time)
Published by
W. W. Norton & Company
(2010)
ISBN 10: 0393062759
ISBN 13: 9780393062755
New
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0393062759
Buy New
US$ 37.00
Convert currency
Seller Image
The Marketplace of Ideas ? Reform and Resistance in the American University
Published by
W. W. Norton & Co.
(2010)
ISBN 10: 0393062759
ISBN 13: 9780393062755
New
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: new. Book is in NEW condition. Satisfaction Guaranteed! Fast Customer Service!!. Seller Inventory # PSN0393062759
Buy New
US$ 24.88
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University (Issues of Our Time)
Published by
W. W. Norton & Company
(2010)
ISBN 10: 0393062759
ISBN 13: 9780393062755
New
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Brand New Copy. Seller Inventory # BBB_new0393062759
Buy New
US$ 54.27
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Marketplace of Ideas Reform and Resistance in the American University
Published by
W W Norton & Co Inc
(2010)
ISBN 10: 0393062759
ISBN 13: 9780393062755
New
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 176 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # 0393062759
Buy New
US$ 56.80
Convert currency