About the Program
Andrew Hacker, and Claudia Dreifus argue that America's colleges and universities have lost sight of their top priority, to educate students. The author's contend that the nation's higher education system is interested in making money, according to the authors a $420 billion per year business. Mr. Hacker and Ms. Dreifus are also critical of granting professor tenure status, an act they believe distances professors from their students and creates the need for the use of part-time teachers. Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus present their thoughts on higher education at Demos in New York City.
Andrew Hacker
Andrew Hacker is a professor emeritus in the political science department at Queens College. He is the author of numerous books, including Mismatch: The Growing Gulf Between Women and Men, Money: Who Has How Much and Why,and Two Nations: Black & White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal. He is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books.
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Claudia Dreifus
Claudia Dreifus is a adjunct associate international affairs and media professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs as well as a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute. She is the author of several books, including Interview and Scientific Conversations. Ms. Dreifus writes the weekly Conversation with... feature for the science section of the New York Times.
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