The Decline in Educational Standards: From a Public Good to a Quasi-Monopoly

Author:   James D. Williams
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
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9781475841374


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   15 April 2019
Format:   Paperback
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The Decline in Educational Standards: From a Public Good to a Quasi-Monopoly is about the commodification of education and the factors that have changed education from a public good into a commodity over the last 50 years. When we look at today's education, we see that academic standards in public education have been declining for decades even as education funding has reached nearly a trillion dollars per year to fund such failed programs as No Child Left Behind and Common Core. Simultaneously, tuition and fees at public universities have increased nearly 2000 percent over the last 30 years, and student loan debt is now a staggering $1.5 trillion. Quite simply, education has become big business. This book examines the various issues associated with the commodification of education, especially neoliberalism and privatized Keynesianism-what they are, how they developed, and how they have affected education and public policy. It argues that neoliberalism and the related socioeconomic shift to debt-based consumerism are at the center of commodification, leading to a significant decline in the exchange value of a college degree. It also argues that we cannot understand the changes in our public and higher education systems without examining the historical, social, economic, and political factors that have essentially created an education system that is significantly different from what it was in the not so distant past.

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Author:   James D. Williams
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.70cm
Weight:   0.404kg
ISBN:  

9781475841374


ISBN 10:   147584137
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   15 April 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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The Decline in Educational Standards is a well-researched, cogent, and compelling indictment of education in the U.S. James Williams challenges us to have the will to effect the changes necessary to rescue a failed system. -- Ralph Voss, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of Alabama


The Decline in Educational Standards is a well-researched, cogent, and compelling indictment of education in the U.S. James Williams challenges us to have the will to effect the changes necessary to rescue a failed system. -- Ralph Voss, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of Alabama Professor Williams is to be congratulated for providing an accurate, timely analysis of the American education system. In a reader-friendly fashion, he explains the commodification of education and the associated decline in educational standards. Numerous issues affecting the educational system in the USA are addressed, as well as possible policy measures to improve public and higher education. This is a very stimulating book that should be read by everyone who wants to understand the current state of American education. -- Ioana Alexandra Horodnic, Marie Curie Research Fellow, Sheffield University Management School, Sheffield, UK


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James D. Williams holds a doctorate in rhetoric and linguistics from the University of Southern California and has published more than a dozen books on education, linguistics, and rhetoric. He has held faculty positions at UCLA, The University of Southern California, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and is a founding faculty member at Soka University in California.

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