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100 1  Hacker, Andrew. 
245 10 Higher education? :|bhow colleges are wasting our money 
       and failing our kids--and what we can do about it /
       |cAndrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bTimes Books,|c2010. 
300    271 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 00 |gThe|tworld of the professoriate --|tAdministrative 
       overload --|tContingent education --|gThe|tgolden dozen --
       |tTeaching: good, great, abysmal --|gThe|ttriumph of 
       training --|tWhy college costs so much --|tFireproof: the 
       tangled issue of tenure --|gThe|tathletics incubus --
       |tStudent bodies --|tVisiting the future in Florida --
       |gThe|tcollege crucible: add students and stir --|tSchools
       we like: our top ten list. 
520    Calling for a thorough overhaul of a self-indulgent system,
       the authors 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 
       young adults. Taking readers on a road trip from Princeton
       to Evergreen State to Florida Gulf Coast University, 
       Hacker and Dreifus reveal those faculties and institutions
       that are getting it right and proving that teaching and 
       learning can be achieved--and at a much more reasonable 
       price. 
650  0 Education, Higher|zUnited States. 
650  0 College costs|zUnited States. 
650  0 College teachers|zUnited States. 
700 1  Dreifus, Claudia. 
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