Screen LibraryThe future of American higher education : how today's public intellectuals frame the debate /
"Just as our society is polarized, higher education is no less divided as to its mission and purpose, whether it should be preparing students for employment or for engagement as citizens, whether it should be corporatist and profit-driven or promote intellectual curiosity and independent thinki...
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Stylus Publishing, LLC,
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| Publisher Address: | Sterling, Virginia : |
| Publication Dates: | 2022. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"Just as our society is polarized, higher education is no less divided as to its mission and purpose, whether it should be preparing students for employment or for engagement as citizens, whether it should be corporatist and profit-driven or promote intellectual curiosity and independent thinking, and whether it should pursue a neoliberal agenda or promote a liberal education. Whose scholarship, culture and epistemologies should be validated? Should it be a private or a public good? Preserve tenure or erode it? What role should colleges and universities play in addressing economic inequality and systemic racism? The answers to these questions are critical for the future of our society as our universities and colleges are the nurseries of the values and philosophies that shape it. The chapters in this book review the contributions of seventeen public intellectuals who have been at the forefront of these issues and significantly contributed to these debates. Each describes the genesis of each scholar's ideas and presents and critiques his or her core insights and arguments. The seventeen public intellectuals represent a spectrum of opinion, from the conservative to the progressive. At this pivotal moment when much of higher education is in economic crisis, and public trust in it has been eroded, this book offers a robust entry point for considering the options and directions ahead for anyone in a leadership position. The book will also be valuable for higher education courses to stimulate debate about these critical issues and introduce readers to the seminal thinkers in the field."-- |
| Item Description: | "A SASSo and DEVITIS book" |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 263 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781642673418 1642673412 9781642673401 1642673404 |
| Index Number: | LA227 |
| CLC: | G649.712 |
| Call Number: | G649.712/F996 |
| Contents: |
Chapter One: Setting the Stage: The Cultural Work of Russell Jacoby / Chapter Two: Amy Gutmann's Ethics, Deliberative Democracy, and Challenges in Higher Education / Chapter Three: Michael Roth and the Liberal Arts: Transforming Society and Selves / Chapter Four: Saving the University from Itself: Stanley Fish and the Future of the Academy / Chapter Five: The Trouble with Elites: William Deresiewicz's Critique of Neoliberal Higher Education in the United States / Chapter Six: Assessing the Academy: David Kirp on Higher Education / Chapter Seven: Michael Bérubé and the Neoliberal University: Humanities, Academic Freedom, and the Crises in Higher Education / Chapter Eight: The Wal-Martification of Higher Education: Marc Bousquet's Critical Examination of Contingent Faculty and Academic Labor Practices / Chapter Nine: The Neoliberal Transformation of Higher Education: Stanley Aronowitz and the Rise of the Corporate Knowledge Factory / Chapter Ten: Newfield as a New Field? The Substance and Subjectivities of a Cross-Disciplinary Voice in the Public Domain / Chapter Eleven: Consumer Demand and the Status-Seeking Society: David F. Labaree on the American Higher Education System / Chapter Twelve: #Real College: The Work and Activism of Sara Goldrick-Rabb / Chapter Thirteen: Lori Patton Davis: Mapping the Landscape of African-American Postsecondary Education / Chapter Fourteen: Equity and Advocacy: The Scholarship of Marybeth Gasman / |