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...Riesman adds, "The correct curricula of colleges should consider what their faculties are good at. They should not destroy Shakespeare for students by bad teaching. A required course has to be captivating...
...sociologist, Riesman not surprisingly attributes the decline in educational qualify to trends in society's values, especially the increasing materialism of American culture. "We have in a market-driven age in higher education," he says...
...student side of the equation, Riesman asserts that schools are being sought on the basis not of their education, but of their tuition...
...faculty side of the equation, the picture is even bleaker, Riesman says. Academia is not viewed by graduating students as a cornucopia of opportunity, and consequently, a shortage of young, bright faculty has developed...
...running out of faculty in hot subjects," Riesman says "I don't see bright students in the pipeline. Most of my students disappoint me by going on to Lawershood...