Higher Education and the American Dream: Success and Its Discontents

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Higher Education and the American Dream HE 00:Whats minta 1 4/8/10 10:10 AM Page i HE 00:Whats minta 1 4/8/10 10:10 AM Page ii Higher Education and the American Dream Success and its Discontents Marvin Lazerson Central European University Press Budapest—New York HE 00:Whats minta 1 4/8/10 12:04 PM Page iii ©2010 by Marvin Lazerson Published in 2010 by Central European University Press An imprint of the Central European University Share Company Nádor utca 11, H-1051 Budapest, Hungary Tel: +36-1-327-3138 or 327-3000 Fax: +36-1-327-3183 E-mail: ceupress@ceu.hu Website: www.ceupress.com 400 West 59th Street, New York NY 10019, USA Tel: +1-212-547-6932 Fax: +1-212-548-4607 E-mail: mgreenwald@sorosny.org All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the permission of the Publisher. ISBN 978-963-9776-79-1 cloth Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lazerson, Marvin. Higher education and the American dream : success and its discontents / Marvin Lazerson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-9639776791 (hardbound) 1. Education, Higher—United States. 2. Educational change—United States. 3. American Dream. I. Title. LA227.4.L39 2010 378.73—dc22 2010011583 Printed in Hungary by Akaprint Kft., Budapest HE 00:Whats minta 1 4/8/10 10:10 AM Page iv This book is dedicated to: W. Norton Grubb, whose brilliance, passion, and friendship have inspired me for 40 years; Ursula Wagener, who taught me how to climb mountains, take risks, and understand the meaning of companionship; and Joshua Lazerson, my grandson, who is a joy and who I hope will understand how valuable an education can be. HE 00:Whats minta 1 4/8/10 10:10 AM Page v HE 00:Whats minta 1 4/8/10 10:10 AM Page vi ...