Allan David Bloom, was an American philosopher, classicist, and academician, he became famous for his criticism of contemporary American higher education, with his views being expressed in his bestselling book, The Closing of the American Mind, released in which year?
Allan Bloom:  Bloom championed the idea of Great Books education and became famous for his criticism of contemporary American higher education, with his views being expressed in his bestselling 1987 book, "The Closing of the American Mind". The Closing of the American Mind: The Closing of the American Mind is a 1987 book by the philosopher Allan Bloom, in which the author argued that "higher education has failed democracy and impoverished the souls of today's students."
1987