End of academic freedom : the coming obliteration of the core purpose of the university /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Bowen, William M. (William Milton), 1955- (Author), Schwartz, Michael, 1937-2024 (Author), Camp, Lisa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlotte, NC : IAP, Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2014]
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Education, Higher > United States > Philosophy.
Academic freedom.
Teaching, Freedom of.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > États-Unis.
Liberté de l'enseignement.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Teaching, Freedom of
Academic freedom
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives
Education, Higher > Philosophy
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • End of Academic Freedom
  • The Coming Obliteration of the Core Purpose of the University
  • CONTENTS
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • A Brief History of the Purpose of American Higher Education
  • America Grows along With its Higher Education Institutions
  • The Late 19th and Early 20th Century Economy: Roots of Academic Freedom
  • Moving into the 21st Century: Higher Education and the Public Reunite
  • The Core Purpose of the University
  • Job Creation, Innovation, and Entrepreneurialism as the Core Purposes of Universities
  • Governance and Control of UniversitiesCompetent Authority in the Marketplace of Ideas
  • The Higher Education of Individual Purpose
  • Understanding Todayâ€?s Universities
  • Specialization, Technology, and the Quantity of Knowledge
  • Specialization, Ignorance, and their Explanation
  • Unintended and Unanticipated Consequences
  • Communication, Cooperation, and the Foundations of Higher Education
  • The Ins and Outs of Knowledge Formation in University Communities
  • Hierarchical Control from Without vs. Autonomous Control from Within
  • Requisite Hierarchy for University Governance and ControlThe Vital Function of Ideational Variety in Knowledge Formation1
  • Characterization of Knowledge
  • Knowledge Acquisition and the Learning Process: The Core of University Productivity
  • Requisite Variety of Ideas and Knowledge
  • Why We Should Care about the Variety of Ideas
  • Five Great Impediments to Academic Freedom
  • The Great Impediments, Idea Failures, and Their Impacts on Society
  • The Great Impediments and their Implications for Imagination and Creativity
  • Great Impediments and the “-ismsâ€?
  • Great impediments and Unsustainable LifestylesSurviving the Threats and Emerging as the Storehouse of Ideas
  • A Question of Values
  • Notes
  • References
  • About the Authors
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  • Back Cover

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