The Elements of Learning

by James M. Banner Jr., Harold C. Cannon

Discusses the qualities a student needs to get the most out of education, and describes the aspects of the academic environment, including teachers and curriculum, that contribute to attaining success.

Genres: Education, Nonfiction

200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

A 1957 graduate from Yale University, James M. Banner, Jr. earned his Ph.D. degree in 1968 at Columbia University under Richard Hofstadter and Eric L. McKitrick. Banner taught at Princeton University from 1966 until 1980, when he resigned to found the American Association for the Advancement of the Humanities.