Description: If contemporary culture were a school, with all the tasks and expectations meted out by modern life as its curriculum, would anyone graduate? In the spirit of a sympathetic teacher, Robert Kegan guides us through this tricky curriculum, assessing the fit between its complex demands and our mental capacities.
Brief description: Robert Kegan is William and Miriam Meehan Professor of Adult Learning and Professional Development at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Review Quotes: A stimulating tour through the modern mind in society... In Over Our Heads is full of insight; it reflects broad learning and enormous intellectual effort.--David Mehegan "Boston Sunday Globe"