How Long to Read Remaking the American University

How Long Does it Take to Read Remaking the American University?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 15 minutes to read Remaking the American University by Robert Zemsky

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

At one time, universities educated new generations and were a source of social change. Today colleges and universities are less places of public purpose, than agencies of personal advantage. Remaking the American University provides a penetrating analysis of the ways market forces have shaped and distorted the behaviors, purposes, and ultimately the missions of universities and colleges over the past half-century. The authors describe how a competitive preoccupation with rankings and markets published by the media spawned an admissions arms race that drains institutional resources and energies. Equally revealing are the depictions of the ways faculty distance themselves from their universities with the resulting increase in the number of administrators, which contributes substantially to institutional costs. Other chapters focus on the impact of intercollegiate athletics on educational mission, even among selective institutions; on the unforeseen result of higher education's "outsourcing" a substantial share of the scholarly publication function to for-profit interests; and on the potentially dire consequences of today's zealous investments in e-learning. A central question extends through this series of explorations: Can universities and colleges today still choose to be places of public purpose? In the answers they provide, both sobering and enlightening, the authors underscore a consistent and powerful lesson-academic institutions cannot ignore the workings of the markets. The challenge ahead is to learn how to better use those markets to achieve public purposes.

How long is Remaking the American University?

Remaking the American University by Robert Zemsky is 248 pages long, and a total of 63,984 words.

This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Remaking the American University Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 49 minutes to read Remaking the American University aloud.

What Reading Level is Remaking the American University?

Remaking the American University is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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