The Ninnyversity.

Stone, Lawrence

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ERIC Number: EJ031964

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Publication Date: 1971

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The Ninnyversity

Stone, Lawrence

New York Review of Books, 16, 1, 21-29, Jan 28 1971

Evaluates books by H. F. Kearney, R. L. Greaves, I. Berg, and P. Bourdieu and J. C. Passeron as inadequately analyzing the problem of preserving high culture from dilution and eventual decay in the crisis of mass higher education, while opening American society for upward mobility from below. (JM)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Anti Intellectualism, College Curriculum, Equal Education, Higher Education, Relevance (Education), Social Mobility, Student Attitudes, Universities, Vocational Education

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