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ERIC Number: EJ291509
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Higher Education 2004: A Fable.
Travis, David L.
Phi Delta Kappan, v65 n5 p333-35 Jan 1984
A tenured college professor offering a course entitled "Human Knowledge: An In-Depth Survey" is forced to cancel the course and go into early retirement when students rebel against such "outdated" course requirements as compulsory attendance, written examinations, and grades. (JBM)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Classroom Environment, Declining Enrollment, Educational Principles, Educational Responsibility, Fables, Fiction, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Politics of Education, Professors, Student Attitudes, Student Attrition, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Technological Advancement
Publication Type: Creative Works; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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