Declining by Degrees: Higher Education at Risk

By R. Hersh, John Merrow, Tom Wolfe. 2006

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Identifying Exemplary Teachers and Teaching: Evidence from Student Ratings 1 (2007, background): “Even respected academicians have produced work with clear sarcasm in their titles—for example, “Dry Rot in the Ivory Tower” (Campbell, 2000) and “Declining by Degrees” (Hersh and Merrow, 2005).”
A Guide to Authentic e-Learning (2009, background): “Hersh and Merrow (2005) highlight some of the problems as ‘athletic scandals, increasing abuse of alcohol and other drugs, grade inflation, escalating costs, and dissatisfaction with the competence of college graduates’ (p. 2).”
The Development and Evaluation of the Academic Entitlement Questionnaire (2011, background): “DT: Certain outcomes are deserved because the student pays tuition (Hersh & Merrow, 2005; Shelley, 2005).”
Design-Based Research and Educational Technology: Rethinking Technology and the Research Agenda (2008, background): “Similar investments have been made in higher education institutions with few demonstrable benefits (Hersh & Merrow, 2005; Postman, 2003).”