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Cracks in the Ivory Tower - The Moral Mess of Higher Education

English · Hardback

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  • 1. Neither Gremlins nor Poltergeists

  • 2. What the Academics Really Want

  • 3. Why Most Academic Advertising Is Immoral Bullshit

  • 4. On Reading Entrails and Student Evaluations

  • 5. Grades: Communication Breakdown

  • 6. When Moral Language as a Cover for Self-Interest

  • 7. The Gen Ed Hustle

  • 8. Why Universities Produce Too Many PhDs

  • 9. Cheaters, Cheaters Everywhere

  • 10. Three Big Myths about What's Plaguing Higher Ed

  • 11. Answering the Taxpayers



About the author

Jason Brennan is the Flanagan Family Professor at Georgetown University. He is the author of ten books, including When All Else Fails and In Defense of Openness.

Phillip W. Magness is a Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He is the author of two books and over a dozen scholarly articles on a diverse array of topics, including the economics of slavery, the history of international trade, federal tax policy, economic inequality, and the economic dimensions of higher education.

Summary

Cracks in the Ivory Tower systematically shows how individuals-students, professors, and administrators-at contemporary American universities are guided by self-interest rather than ethical beliefs and the many negative effects this has on higher education.

Product details

Authors Jason Brennan, Jason (Flanagan Family Professor Brennan, Phillip Magness
Publisher Oxford University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 27.06.2019
 
EAN 9780190846282
ISBN 978-0-19-084628-2
No. of pages 336
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system

EDUCATION / General, Education, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy

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