A Perfect Mess: The Unlikely Ascendancy of American Higher Education

Read the news about America's colleges and universities-rising student debt, affirmative action debates, and conflicts between faculty and administrators-and it's clear that higher education in this country is a total mess. But as David F. Labaree reminds us in this book, it's always been that way. And that's exactly why it has become the most successful and sought-after source of learning in the world. Detailing American higher education's unusual struggle for survival in a free market tha...