Teaching in an age of ‘militant apathy’
Teaching in an age of ‘militant apathy’
- February 15, 2023
- Richard Arum, sociology, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 15, 2023
“There’s been a discourse in society that higher-education leaders have embraced, which goes something like this: Higher education is essential for future career attainment, positive economic outcomes and social mobility,” says Richard Arum, a professor of sociology and education at the University of California, Irvine, whose 2011 book with Josipa Roksa, Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, set off a national conversation about what students get out of undergraduate education.
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