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The Higher Learning in America: The Annotated Edition : A Memorandum on the Conduct of Universities by Business Men /
"Veblen's insights into the American university system at the outset of the twentieth century are as provocative today as they were when first published. Insisting that institutions of higher learning should be dedicated solely to the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, he urged American u...
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2015.
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| Edición: | Annotated edition. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Veblen, Thorstein, |d 1857-1929, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Higher Learning in America: The Annotated Edition : |b A Memorandum on the Conduct of Universities by Business Men / |c Thorstein Veblen ; edited with an introduction and notes by Richard F. Teichgraeber, III. |
| 250 | |a Annotated edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Baltimore : |b Johns Hopkins University Press, |c 2015. | |
| 264 | 3 | |a Baltimore, Md. : |b Project MUSE, |c 2015 | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2015. | |
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| 505 | 0 | |a ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Editor�s Note""; ""Suggested Readings""; ""Thorstein Veblen Chronology""; ""Introduction""; ""Veblen in Historical Context""; ""The Composition of The Higher Learning in America""; ""The Professors� Literature of Protest""; ""Veblen and the Professors� Literature of Protest""; ""What Set Veblen Apart? Why Read Veblen Today?""; ""THE HIGHER LEARNING IN AMERICA: A Memorandum on the Conduct of Universities by Business Men""; ""Preface""; ""I. Introductory""; ""II. The Governing Boards""; ""III. The Academic Administration and Policy"" | |
| 505 | 0 | |a IV. Academic Prestige and the Material EquipmentV. The Academic Personnel -- VI. The Portion of the Scientist -- VII. Vocational Training -- VIII. Summary and Trial Balance -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y | |
| 520 | |a "Veblen's insights into the American university system at the outset of the twentieth century are as provocative today as they were when first published. Insisting that institutions of higher learning should be dedicated solely to the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, he urged American universities to abandon commitments to extraneous pursuits such as athletics, community service, and vocational education. He also believed that the corporate model of governance--with university boards of trustees dominated by well-to-do businessmen and university presidents who functioned essentially as businessmen in academic dress--mandated unsavory techniques of salesmanship and self-promotion that threatened to reduce institutions of higher learning to the status of competitive business enterprises."--Publisher's Web site | ||
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