Fail U.: The False Promise of Higher Education offers. Many college graduates under twenty-five years old are unemployed or underemployed.3 trillion. Sykes attempts to answer in Fail U.The cost of a college degree has increased by 1,125% since 1978four times the rate of inflatio
| TITLE | : | Fail U.: The False Promise of Higher Education |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.75 (307 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 1250071593 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Hardcover |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 288 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2016-08-09 |
| GENRE | : |
The cost of a college degree has increased by 1,125% since 1978four times the rate of inflation. Total student debt has surpassed $1.3 trillion. Nearly two thirds of all college students must borrow to study, and the average student graduates with more than $30,000 in debt. Many college graduates under twenty-five years old are unemployed or underemployed. And professorsremember them?rarely teach undergraduates at many major universities, instead handing off their lecture halls to cheaper teaching assistants.So, is it worth it? That’s the question Charles J. Sykes attempts to answer in Fail U., exploring the staggering costs of a college education, the sharp decline in tenured faculty and teaching loads, the explosion of administrative jobs, the grandiose building plans, and the utter lack of preparedness for the real world that many now graduates face. Fail U. offers
EDITORIAL :
"With telling statistics and piquant anecdotesFail U. is certain to stimulate a much-needed debate." --Booklist
"This is a book for our times and one of its most vexing problems."--Jack Fowler, Publisher, National Review
“Fail U. stirs the higher education pot at a timely moment, raising a number of important issues for consideration by both academics and the general public.” –New York Journal of Books
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