Bunch, William, <br/><br/>
After the ivory tower falls :  how college broke the American dream and blew up our politics-- and how to fix it / 
 How college broke the American dream and blew up our politics-- and how to fix it. 
Will Bunch. 
 - First edition. 
 - New York, NY :  William Morrow an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,  [2022] 
 - viii, 312 pages ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: College like my grandma used to make -- Life during wartime in Knox County, Ohio -- When college in America almost became a public good -- Why the Kent State massacre raised your tuition -- Yuppies, dittoheads, and a "big sort" : college and the culture wars -- The "whole college thing" awkwardly enters the 2020s -- Gap year. The Quad: The four people you meet in today's America -- A college debt crisis, Occupy Wall Street, and the rise of a new  new left -- From resentment of college to America's rejection of knowledge -- The soul of a new Truman Commission -- A bloodles war to save America's youth. 
<br/><br/> In After the Ivory Tower Falls, award-winning journalist Will Bunch embarks on a deeply reported journey to the heart of the American Dream. That journey begins in Gambier, Ohio, home to affluent, liberal Kenyon College, a tiny speck of Democratic blue amidst the vast red swath of white, post-industrial, rural midwestern America. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0063076993 9780063076990 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Democracy and education--United States.<br/>Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.<br/>Education, Higher--Political aspects--United States.<br/>Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Elite (Social sciences)--Education--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC191.94  / .B863 2022 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>378.73