An estimated 50 percent of people who receive a four-year degree from an American college lack the skills expected of a college graduate, which means U.S. higher education needs to fundamentally change the way they operate, say the authors of "We're Losing Our Minds: Rethinking American Higher Education." "We're getting a lot less than we're paying for at a time when we need more," co-author Richard Hersch said during a presentation at the Educational Writers Association convention held this weekend in Philadelphia. Hersch is former president of Hobert and William Smith Colleges in New York and Trinity College in Hartford, "Higher education really needs to question its priorities, rewards, structures, principles and values," Hersch said. "Learning itself must become a primary touchstone for decision-making."
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