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Scholarship March 29, 2017

We’re Losing Our Minds: Rethinking American Higher Education

The Wabash Center

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Author
Keeling, Richard P., and Hersh, Richard H.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan, New York
ISBN
9780230339828
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements

ch.1 Higher Education Without Higher Learning
ch. 2 Judging College Quality
ch. 3 The Developmental Basis of Higher Learning
ch. 4 The Neuroscience of Learning
ch. 5 Assessment for Higher Learning
ch. 6 More is Not Better, Better is More: A Framework for Rethinking American Higher Education
ch. 7 Talk of Change is Not Change: Rethinking American Higher Education

Notes
Index
America is being held back by the quality and quantity of learning in college. This is a true educational emergency! Many college graduates cannot think critically, write effectively, solve problems, understand complex issues, or meet employers' expectations. We are losing our minds—and endangering our social, economic, and scientific leadership. Critics say higher education costs too much and should be more efficient. But the real problem is value, not cost; financial 'solutions' alone won't work. In this book, Keeling and Hersh argue that the only solution - making learning the highest priority in college - demands fundamental change throughout higher education. (From the Publisher)