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Prominent cultural critic Andrew Delbanco writes College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be Updated Edition with a new and powerful afterword written by the author.
Delbanco defends the college of humanities while providing a thorough history of the higher education system in America. He also speaks on the importance of an informed citizenry and offers a balanced view of universities.
Ultimately, as the American higher education system continues down the commercialization path, so is students’ experience coming to college to explore and discover their passions. Delbanco argues that college education is rapidly becoming a privilege reserved for the rich.
Delbanco’s primary interest is in improving the overall undergraduate experience for students. Rather than making it an elitist system, Delbanco aims to demonstrate what a proper college education should look like and how it is the democratic promise to the youth to make it available to as many as possible.
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