Student Alienation in the U.S. Higher Education Industry

On the Purpose and Content of Secondary Reading Programs: An Educational Ideological Perspective

“…These three kinds of reading may, of course, not necessarily be the same (the first two may be academic, the third utilitarian), although Sticht (1975) andNorthcutt (1975) argue strongly that all three should be utilitarian. Miles (1974), for example, has argued that the reading levels required to compete for a job are typically higher than those required in the job itself, a tradition which he refers to as "over-credentialing. "…”