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Recapturing Our Minds, Reclaiming Higher Learning: A Review Of R. P. Keeling’S And R. H. Hersh’S “We’Re Losing Our Minds: Rethinking American Higher Education”, Brandon Hensley Dec 2012

Recapturing Our Minds, Reclaiming Higher Learning: A Review Of R. P. Keeling’S And R. H. Hersh’S “We’Re Losing Our Minds: Rethinking American Higher Education”, Brandon Hensley

Brandon O. Hensley

Situating their conversation within a growing weltanschauung that the world is becoming “flat" and intellectual capital is integral to a changing globalized marketplace with emerging superpowers, Keeling and Hersh (2012) lay forth a bold claim in We’re Losing Our Minds: undergraduate education in the U.S. is sapping minds because learning is no longer the primary focus or essence of colleges and universities. “Intoxicated by magazine and college guide rankings, most colleges and universities have lost track of learning as the only educational outcome that really matters” (p. 13). The authors advance that this systemic crisis, though well documented (even before …


Introduction; Becoming A Literary Trust Agent, Lisa Russell Apr 2012

Introduction; Becoming A Literary Trust Agent, Lisa Russell

Lisa M Russell

Social Media in Context: Writers Explore the Marketplace brings the world of social media to a practical level, exploring it through the experiences of resourceful entrepreneurs and established corporations, novice users, and expert consultants. Addressing and going far beyond the use of Facebook and Twitter to reach consumers and build professional relationships, Social Media in Context illustrates how marketers and public relations professionals can: • meet and engage potential audiences through interactive location-based marketing • boost employee productivity by injecting corporate intranets with social media in order to streamline communication • help transform society by creating and participating in niche …