Declining by Degrees Higher Education at Risk

Two decades agoA Nation at Risksounded a national alarm on K-12 education. Now, an equally urgent alarm is being sounded for higher education in America. InDeclining by Degrees,leading authors and educators such as Tom Wolfe, Jim Fallows, and Jay Mathews provide us with a valuable understanding of the serious issues facing colleges today, such as budget cuts, grade inflation, questionable recruitment strategies, and a major focus on Big Time Sports. Tied to the PBS documentary of the same name,Declining by Degreescreates a national discussion about the future of higher education and what we can do about it.Hersh, Richard H. is the author of 'Declining by Degrees Higher Education at Risk', published 2006 under ISBN 9781403973160 and ISBN 1403973164.