Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy, Hardcover - Tressie McMillan Cottom

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Despite substantial spending on education and support for reform, the quality of education in many, if not most, Arab countries remains low. Which ...

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The three most powerful cultural forces of the twenty-first century-consumerism, capitalism, and celebrity culture-have quietly seeped into Christi...

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Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Ethan W. RisNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 27Cover type: Pa...

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