## Abstract Despite the utilitarian, even antiβintellectual bias of the public vocational university, there was until recently a good opportunity to select liberal arts and pursue one's educational interests. What has happened during the last decade illustrates the unintended consequences of social
On the nature of American Higher Education
β Scribed by Robert A. Bryan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 201 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7608
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