Self Aware

Today, I discuss issues at American colleges and universities such as the shift from intrinsic to instrumental knowledge, academic freedom, student loan debt, and academic dishonesty.

Show Notes:

-DELHEZ, JULIEN. “Who Is Afraid of Academic Freedom?” Saeculum (12212245), vol. 50, no.2, Dec. 2020, pp. 5–10. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=147608449&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

-June, Audrey Williams. “Undergraduate Enrollments This Spring See Steepest Drop SincePandemic Began.” Chronicle of Higher Education, vol. 67, no. 18, 14 May 2021, p. 1. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=151168831&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

-IULIANO, JASON. “The Student Loan Bankruptcy Gap.” Duke Law Journal, vol. 70, no. 3,Dec. 2020, pp. 497–543. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=147694718&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

-Hanson, Melanie. “Student Loan Debt Statistics” EducationData.org, November 12, 2021

-Weinstock, Henry R., and Charles J. Fazzaro. Democratic Ideals and the Valuing of Knowledge in American Education: Two Contradictory Tendencies. Mellen Press, 1990. 

-What's the Difference between College and University in ... www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2018-02-14/understand-the-difference-between-a-college-and-university-in-the-us. 

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