{"product_id":"whats-the-point-of-college-9781421429885","title":"Whats the Point of College","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore we can improve college education, we need to know what it's for.   In our current age of reform, there are countless ideas about how to fix higher education. But before we can reconceptualize the college experience, we need to remember why we have these institutions in the first placeand what we want from them. In What's the Point of College?, historian Johann N. Neem offers a new way to think about the major questions facing higher education today, from online education to disruptive innovation to how students really learn. As commentators, reformers, and policymakers call for dramatic change and new educational models, this collection of lucid essays asks us to pause and take stock. What is a college education supposed to be? What kinds of institutions and practices will best help us get there? And which virtues must colleges and universities cultivate to sustain their desired ends? During this time of drift, Neem argues, we need to moor our colleges once again to their core p\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface. On Education versus Degrees\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. On the Purpose(s) of College Education \u003cbr\u003ePart I. Context\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. On Disruptive Innovation\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. On Two Recent Occasions \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. On For-Profit Schools \u003cbr\u003ePart II. Curriculum\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. On STEM \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. On the Humanities \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. On Business Majors \u003cbr\u003ePart III. Teaching\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. On Time and Experience \u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. On Online Education \u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. On Critical Thinking \u003cbr\u003ePart IV. Scholarship\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. On the PhD \u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. On Research \u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. On Academic Writing \u003cbr\u003eConclusion. On the Future \u003cbr\u003eEpilogue. On Talking with Students \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529536381271,"sku":"9781421429885","price":17.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421429885.jpg?v=1731876003","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/whats-the-point-of-college-9781421429885","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}