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Wallowing in Mediocrity discusses the shortcomings of the American education system and juxtaposes it to international education systems-ones that provide a meaningful, economical, and challenging education. This book provides a justification and means to emulate those systems that work while ridding the US of a slew of measures holding it back.
List of contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
SECTION I. Wallowing in Mediocrity: The Problem with the US Education System
Chapter 1. Problems Besetting Both Secondary and Higher Education
Chapter 2. Higher Education: Inefficiency Redefined (An Overview of the Multifaceted Problems Endemic to the United States)
SECTION II. A Possible Paradigm: Detailed Description of Higher Education in Select Countries Throughout the World
Chapter 3. How Standards are Implemented in Most Advanced Successful Global Education Systems: How Advanced Countries in Europe and Asia Provide a More Meaningful Educational Platform at All Levels, But Especially Post-Secondary
Chapter 4. How All This Plays Out in Advanced Effective Programs Across the Globe
SECTION III. Best Practices: How the United States can Emulate Countries with Effective Programs
Chapter 5. Adopting and Implementing the Best Practices and Methods used in Effective Educational Programs Across the Globe
Chapter 6. A Meaningful Role for the Community College
Chapter 7. Accommodating Those Interested in Working for Industry and/or the Government
Chapter 8. Regulating through Meaningful Legislation
Chapter 9. Making College Affordable
SECTION IV. Conclusion: Positive Moments to be Realized in Creating Meaningful Degrees
Chapter 10. In Retrospect: Creating Meaningful Degrees
Bibliography
About the Author
About the author
Jerald Goldstein has taught in both university and corporate settings, both in Germany and the United States. He has taught communication, comparative literature, English, and German for several universities, including Rutgers, The New School, NYU, Princeton, and the Johannes-Gutenberg Universität in Mainz, Germany
