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Built on interviews and detailed surveys of almost a thousand recent college graduates from a diverse range of colleges and universities, this book reveals a generation facing a difficult transition to adulthood. It compels us to re-examine the aims, approaches, and achievements of higher education.

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"Seriously researched, rich in data.... They excavate a world of ugly facts and unsatisfactory practices that has the gritty look and feel of reality-a reality that has little to do with the glossy hype of world university ratings.... In Academically Adrift, Arum and Roksa paint a chilling portrait of what the university curriculum has become." (Anthony Grafton, New York Review of Books)"

Aspiring Adults Adrift

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    A Paperback / softback by Richard Arum, Josipa Roksa

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 1 September 2014
      ISBN-13 9780226197289
      978-0226197289
      ISBN-10 022619728X
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      Educational strategies and policy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Built on interviews and detailed surveys of almost a thousand recent college graduates from a diverse range of colleges and universities, this book reveals a generation facing a difficult transition to adulthood. It compels us to re-examine the aims, approaches, and achievements of higher education.

      Trade Review
      "Seriously researched, rich in data.... They excavate a world of ugly facts and unsatisfactory practices that has the gritty look and feel of reality-a reality that has little to do with the glossy hype of world university ratings.... In Academically Adrift, Arum and Roksa paint a chilling portrait of what the university curriculum has become." (Anthony Grafton, New York Review of Books)"

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