October 2, 1998
Researcher Laments Higher Education's Isolation From the Public
A book grapples with the divide between scholarly imperatives and societal needs
At a time when a college degree is almost a universal aspiration, the academic profession is becoming increasingly isolated from mainstream America, says a new book on higher education.
In What's College For? The Struggle to Define American Higher Education (Basic Books), Zachary Karabell laments that professors consider a
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