Perhaps the pivotal book in the reform of higher education in the United States, Robert M. Hutchins’ classic is once again available, with a brilliant personal and professional appreciation by Harry S. Ashmore. When it was published in 1936 The Higher Learning in America brought into focus the root causes of the controversies that still beset the nation’s educational system. Hutchins began tenure as a university president by declaring that the learning available in … More >>
#1 by Hans Jorgensen on July 2, 2010 - 3:56 pm
This book has been a great influence in the way I view education as a whole. The book has enlightened me to aspire above the current education system. I am now just starting how to really read as I start reading the great books that in the past, have been thought too hard to read by people. If you want to read the classics, then no one should stop you. I encourage almost everybody to as many great books as they can. Reading great books is a dying art, this book renewed my intrest in learning literature and reading.
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by Robert L. Mcclerren on July 2, 2010 - 5:35 pm
Pricey for the number of pages, but it has the content I was looking for.
Rating: 5 / 5