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ERIC Number: EJ356932
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Knee-Jerk Formalism: The Higher Education Reports.
Rossides, Daniel W.
Journal of Higher Education, v58 n4 p404-429 Jul-Aug 1987
The higher education reports fail to put education in a social context and ignore the main finding of 50 years of research--that the problems of education are caused by the outer society and cannot be solved until changes are made in basic economic and political institutions. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elitism, Federal Government, Government Role, Higher Education, Humanities, Liberal Arts, National Surveys, Research Reports, Social Class, Socioeconomic Influences, Traditionalism
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Excellence in Education; Integrity in the College Curriculum; Involvement in Learning; Sustaining the Vision; To Reclaim A Legacy