{"product_id":"higher-education-paperback","title":"Higher Education? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Hacker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA quarter of a million dollars. It's the going tab for four years at most top-tier colleges. Why does it cost so much and is it worth it? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this provocative investigation, the renowned sociologist Andrew Hacker and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ewriter Claudia Dreifus make an incisive case that the American way of higher education--now a $420 billion-per-year business--has lost sight of its primary mission: the education of our young people. They probe the true performance of the Ivy League, the baleful influence of tenure, an unhealthy reliance on part-time teachers, and supersized bureaucracies which now have lives of their own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHacker and Dreifus take readers from Princeton and Harvard to Evergreen State, revealing those institutions that need to adjust their priorities and others that are getting it right, proving that learning can be achieved--and at a much more reasonable price. \u003ci\u003eHigher Education? \u003c\/i\u003eis a wake-up call and a call to arms.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eANDREW HACKER is the author of the bestselling book \u003ci\u003eTwo Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal\u003c\/i\u003e, and writes regularly for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003eand other publications. He is a professor at Queens College. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCLAUDIA DREIFUS writes for the Science Times section of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand teaches at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. They live in New York City.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.28 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134458138759,"sku":"9780312573430","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/aad2ac737d94a41c09b5a87e0953a1cc.webp?v=1732641986","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/higher-education-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}