{"product_id":"gone-for-good-tales-of-university-life-after-the-golden-age-9780195126822","title":"Gone for Good: Tales of University Life after the Golden Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmid the clamorous debates on political correctness  the Western canon  and alcohol abuse on campus  many observers have failed to notice the most radical change in the American University: the Golden Age of massive government funding is gone. And  as Stuart Rojstaczer points out in this incisive look at higher education  the consequences are affecting virtually every aspect of university life. Laced with humorous and insightful anecdotes  Gone for Good is a highly personal tour of the university system as it has evolved from the glory days of phenomenal post-WWII growth to the financial stresses that now beset it. Stuart Rojstaczer  professor of Hydrology at Duke  shows how almost unlimited funding during the Cold War years encouraged universities to become unwieldy behemoths--with ever-enlarging faculties and administrative staffs  an explosion of new buildings that are proving costly to maintain  and a parade of programs designed largely to impress other universities. Rojstaczer asserts that despite the scarcity of new funding sources  universities continue to strive for unlimited growth--with disastrous results: skyrocketing tuition (well over $20 000 per year at top tier schools); desperate attempts to increase enrollments (lower standards  inflated grades  and new majors in some rather implausible areas of study); and increasing pressure on faculty who already spend more time researching than teaching to raise more money through research grants. The time has come  Rojstaczer argues  to abandon an outmoded idea of growth and create a leaner university system more beneficial to both students and society. For parents  students  and anyone interested higher education  Gone for Good offers a vivid account of the crossroads where universities now stand--and a compelling argument about which path they should take.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647025504309,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195126823","price":32.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195126822.jpg?v=1781686044","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/gone-for-good-tales-of-university-life-after-the-golden-age-9780195126822","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}