Education and Politics at Harvard.

Autor/inn/en	Lipset, Seymour Martin; Riesman, David
Institution	Carnegie Commission on Higher Education , Berkeley, CA.
Titel	Education and Politics at Harvard.
Quelle	(1975), (449 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Freedom; Academic Standards; Administration; Admission Criteria; Educational Development; Educational History; Faculty; Governance; Governing Boards; Higher Education; Political Issues; Racial Attitudes; Religious Factors; School Community Relationship; Social Development; Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akademische Freiheit; Verwaltung; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Bildungsentwicklung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Academic Staff; Lehrkörper; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Governing body; Governing bodies; Leitungsgremium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Politischer Faktor; Rassenfrage; Soziale Entwicklung; Student; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	Part I of this document discusses the political controversies in which Harvard University has been embroiled, exploring past and present sources of conflict among the various estates of the university--that is, students, faculty, administrators, and governing boards--as well as the tensions between the university and external authorities. Political, social, and religious developments in the United States and Harvard's rise to preeminence in higher education are examined. Part II gives a personal examination of Harvard College in the late twenties, and from 1958 to the present. It takes up the question of meritocracy, that is, selection based on qualification. Meritocracy was once seen as promoting social equality. Recently, however, it has been attacked by those who see it as perpetuating a system based on racial and sexual discrimination. The effects of this new attitude on Harvard are explored. (Author/KE)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC