The Campus A Study Of Contemporary Undergraduate Life In The American University

Author : Robert Cooley Angell
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Campus, a Study of Contemporary Undergraduate Life in the American University written by Robert Cooley Angell and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Cooley Angell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Campus written by Robert Cooley Angell and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wendy Fischman
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262547260
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Real World of College written by Wendy Fischman and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why higher education in the United States has lost its way, and how universities and colleges can focus sharply on their core mission. For The Real World of College, Wendy Fischman and Howard Gardner analyzed in-depth interviews with more than 2,000 students, alumni, faculty, administrators, parents, trustees, and others, which were conducted at ten institutions ranging from highly selective liberal arts colleges to less-selective state schools. What they found challenged characterizations in the media: students are not preoccupied by political correctness, free speech, or even the cost of college. They are most concerned about their GPA and their resumes; they see jobs and earning potential as more important than learning. Many say they face mental health challenges, fear that they don’t belong, and feel a deep sense of alienation. Given this daily reality for students, has higher education lost its way? Fischman and Gardner contend that US universities and colleges must focus sharply on their core educational mission. Fischman and Gardner, both recognized authorities on education and learning, argue that higher education in the United States has lost sight of its principal reason for existing: not vocational training, not the provision of campus amenities, but to increase what Fischman and Gardner call “higher education capital”—to help students think well and broadly, express themselves clearly, explore new areas, and be open to possible transformations. Fischman and Gardner offer cogent recommendations for how every college can become a community of learners who are open to change as thinkers, citizens, and human beings.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies in Universities and World Affairs written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George M. Marsden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190073314
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Soul of the American University Revisited written by George M. Marsden and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume ... is a revision and updating of The Soul of the American University: From Protestant Establishment to Established Nonbelief (1994)"--Acknowledgments

Author : George M. Marsden
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195106504
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Soul of the American University written by George M. Marsden and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the decline in religious influence in American universities, discussing why this transformation has occurred.

Author : Charles T. Clotfelter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108421121
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big-Time Sports in American Universities written by Charles T. Clotfelter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book expands on the argument that spectator sports, despite their problems, have become a central function of American universities.

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Publisher : UM Libraries
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 840 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Michigan Alumnus written by and published by UM Libraries. This book was released on 1927 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In v.1-8 the final number consists of the Commencement annual.

Author : Christine A. Ogren
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319756141
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Campus Life written by Christine A. Ogren and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume explores the history of student life throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Chapter authors examine the expanding reach of scholarship on the history of college students; the history of underrepresented students, including black, Latino, and LGBTQ students; and student life at state normal schools and their successors, regional colleges and universities, and at community colleges and evangelical institutions. The book also includes research on drag and gender and on student labor activism, and offers new interpretations of fraternity and sorority life. Collectively, these chapters deepen scholarly understanding of students, the diversity of their experiences at an array of institutions, and the campus lives they built.

Author : John E. Conklin
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786452358
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Campus Life in the Movies written by John E. Conklin and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood films have presented audiences with stories of campus life for nearly a century, shaping popular perceptions of our colleges and universities and the students who attend them. These depictions of campus life have even altered the attitudes of the students themselves, serving as both a mirror of and a model for behavior. One can only imagine how many high school seniors enter college today with the hopes of living the proverbial Animal House or PCU Greek experience, or how many have worried over the SAT and college admissions after watching more recent movies like 2004's The Perfect Score. This book explores themes of college life in 681 live-action, theatrically released, feature-length films set in the United States and released from 1915 through 2006, evaluating how these movies both reflected and distorted the reality of undergraduate life. Topics include college admissions, the freshman experience, academic work, professor-student relations, student romance, fraternity and sorority life, sports, political activism, and other extracurricular activities. The book also includes a complete filmography and 66 illustrations.