The Blight on the Ivy
Alex Usher,
HESA,
Nov 06, 2024
In case you thought nothing has changed over the last 60 years Alex Usher provides us with a treat of a review of A Blight on the Ivy by Robert and Katherine Gordon, published in 1962. "Before I go any further, let me stress that this is not a good book," writes Alex Usher. Beyond it's flaws, though, it's worth noting that "it's a book about the dissolution of a certain college ideal—one that involves residential living and enormous dollops of pastoral care from academics—under conditions of massification." It's hard to imagine ever returning to pre-1960s higher education anywhere in the world. And this is a good thing.
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