{"product_id":"lowering-higher-education","title":"Lowering Higher Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat happens to the liberal arts and science education when universities attempt to sell it as a form of job training? In \u003cem\u003eLowering Higher Education\u003c\/em\u003e, a follow-up to their provocative 2007 book \u003cem\u003eIvory Tower Blues\u003c\/em\u003e, James E. Côté and Anton L. Allahar explore the subverted 'idea of the university' and the forces that have set adrift the mission of these institutions. Côté and Allahar connect the corporatization of universities to a range of contentious issues within higher education, from lowered standards and inflated grades to the overall decline of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences instruction.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eLowering Higher Education\u003c\/em\u003e points to a fundamental disconnect between policymakers, who may rarely set foot in contemporary classrooms, and the teachers who must implement their educational policies—which the authors argue are poorly informed—on a daily basis. Côté and Allahar expose stakeholder misconceptions surrounding the current culture of academic disengagement and supposed power of new technologies to motivate students. While outlining what makes the status quo dysfunctional, \u003cem\u003eLowering Higher Education\u003c\/em\u003e also offers recommendations that have the potential to reinvigorate liberal education.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54221260194136,"sku":"9781442611214","price":32.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781442611214__676f6cf0500c3.jpg?v=1741159364","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/lowering-higher-education","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}