Twitter Book Club: Raymond E. Callahan (1962) Education and the Cult of Efficiency - Ch 7

Instruction Follows Accounting

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"Cutting costs and providing an inferior 'product' is not efficient in business or education." Raymond E. Callahanless than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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