All the Essential Half-Truths about Higher Education.

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In this refreshing and original exploration, George Dennis O'Brien looks at higher education in America. O'Brien argues that to debate intelligently the future of education we must stop focusing on its ideals and look instead at its institutions. He does this by addressing nine half-truths...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Brien, George Dennis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Temas:
Education, Higher > United States.
Universities and colleges > United States.
Universités > États-Unis.
Education, Higher
Universities and colleges
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • All the Essential Half -Truths about Higher Education; Contents; Full-Face Preface; 1 Anyone for Higher Education?; 2 The Faculty Is the University; 3 Tenure Is a Necessary Condition of Academic Freedom; 4 Universities Are Neutral on Moral Value/Universities Teach Moral Value; 5 The Liberal Arts Curriculum Aims at Distribution/Diversity; 6 Teaching Is the Primary Task of Higher Education; 7 The Problem with Higher Education Is the Administration; 8 Low-Cost Public Education Benefits the Least Advantaged; 9 The University Is the Axial Institution of Modern Society; 10 Synthetic Morality.
  • 11 Ultimate Synthesis: Money, Mission, and ManagementReferences, Acknowledgments, and Afterthoughts; Index.

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