Marvin Lazerson is Professor of Higher Education in the School of Public Policy, Central European University and Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Acknowledgments, Introduction: Houses, automobiles, and higher education, Part I The Gospel of Getting Ahead, Part II Governance and Managerial Dilemmas, Part III The Learning Conundrum, References, Index

"How, asks Marvin Lazerson, can a higher education system that depended so heavily on the dreams of so many millions of Americans have lost its way so completely? His readable and quietly authoritative response to this value-laden question has relevance far beyond the US."

Marvin Lazerson is Professor of Higher Education in the School of Public Policy, Central European University and Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Acknowledgments, Introduction: Houses, automobiles, and higher education, Part I The Gospel of Getting Ahead, Part II Governance and Managerial Dilemmas, Part III The Learning Conundrum, References, Index

"How, asks Marvin Lazerson, can a higher education system that depended so heavily on the dreams of so many millions of Americans have lost its way so completely? His readable and quietly authoritative response to this value-laden question has relevance far beyond the US."

Marvin Lazerson is Professor of Higher Education in the School of Public Policy, Central European University and Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Acknowledgments, Introduction: Houses, automobiles, and higher education, Part I The Gospel of Getting Ahead, Part II Governance and Managerial Dilemmas, Part III The Learning Conundrum, References, Index

"How, asks Marvin Lazerson, can a higher education system that depended so heavily on the dreams of so many millions of Americans have lost its way so completely? His readable and quietly authoritative response to this value-laden question has relevance far beyond the US."