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Astin, Alexander W.

Are you smart enough? : how colleges' obsession with smartness shortchanges students / Alexander W. Astin. - First edition. - x, 147 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The higher education pecking order -- Admissions madness -- Developing smartness -- Higher education's true mission -- The challenge to engage educational equity -- Which kinds of smartness really matter? -- Faculty culture -- The core of the problem -- Is there any way out?.

ISBN: 9781620364475 (cloth : alk. paper) 1620364476 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781620364482 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1620364484 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781620364499 (library networkable eedition) 1620364492 (library networkable eedition) 9781620364505 (consumer eedition) 1620364506 (consumer eedition)

LCCN: 2015041032

Subjects--Topical Terms:
College students--Rating of--United States.
Educational tests and measurements--United States.
Educational equalization--United States.
College students--Rating of.
Educational equalization.
Educational tests and measurements.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

LC Class. No.: LB2368 / .A88 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 378.1/98