Hi, Ray and other dear teachers. I post this not to refute Ray's statement that education is more market-driven than ever, but rather to put it into interesting perspective. A couple years ago, I read for the first time Becker, Geer, and Hughes' (1968) Making the Grade: The Academic Side of College Life. Given my brief set-up, it shouldn't come as a surprise to know that professors mourned the focus on grades in 1968. I think the dramatic difference between then and now--at least as the book would have it--is that back then there were students who agreed! Would that more of our students wanted to learn for learning's sake and cared less about the grades...
As always, A.
D. Angus Vail
Department of Sociology
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: 503.370.6313
Fax: 503.370.6512
"It's not enough to know that things work.
The laurels go to those who can show HOW they work."
Department of Sociology
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: 503.370.6313
Fax: 503.370.6512
"It's not enough to know that things work.
The laurels go to those who can show HOW they work."
>From: "Ray Muller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: TEACHSOC: Research on Sociology Students
>Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 10:30:23 -0400
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>Hi everyone, As you all know, higher education is increasingly market-driven and vocationalized. Credentialism has created a campus culture where grades (not learning) matter most. Here is my question to teh list: is anybody aware of research specifically on sociology students' perception of higher education? Most research done, it seems, is on general college populations.
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>Thanks for your assistance!
>Ray
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>Ray Muller, Ph.D.
>Sociology Department
>East Stroudsburg University
>570-422-3014 (phone)
>570-422-3198 (fax)
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