The shape and shaping of the college and university in America : a lively experiment /

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This book presents the issues, controversies, and key players that formed and enabled the American college and university to endure as a critical institution of the nation and society.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nelson, Stephen James, 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]
Temas:
Universities and colleges > United States > History.
Education, Higher > United States > History.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States > History.
Universités > États-Unis > Histoire.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > États-Unis > Histoire.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Education, Higher
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives
Universities and colleges
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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