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Autor/in | Nelson, Stephen James |
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Titel | The shape and shaping of the college and university in America. A lively experiment. |
Quelle | Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books (2016), XV, 324 S. |
Beigaben | Literaturangaben |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
ISBN | 9781498515566; 9781498515573 |
Schlagwörter | USA; Universities and colleges; History; United States; Education, Higher; Aims and objectives; Bildungsgeschichte |
Abstract | Religion in the nation and the academy -- The university : what is it and how does its center hold? -- Contentious compatibility and the common good : the university as servant and critic in a democracy -- The purpose of the college : clashes over liberal education and ideas that prevail -- The rise of the university : the influence of progressivism and the social gospel -- Battles over liberty, academic freedom and free speech -- The disuniting of America and the university: a reprise of academic freedom and the threat of balkanization in the quest for pluralism and diversity -- The contemporary ideological world of the McCarthy era to present : political rightness and wrong-headedness -- Conclusion a coda : the concept of a university in America and the culture we deserve. |
Erfasst von | Library of Congress, Washington, DC |
Update | 2017/2/06 |