Higher Education for Democracy

William G. Tierney is University Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California. His many books include Get Real: 49 Challenges Confronting Higher Education; Relational Sociology and Research on Schools, Colleges, and Universities (coedited with Suneal Kolluri); and The Problem of College Readiness (coedited with Julia C. Duncheon), all published by SUNY Press.

• AcknowledgmentsPreface1. Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Their Discontents2. The Democratic Imperative of Higher Education3. Identity Matters4. Understanding Academic Freedom and Free Speech on Campus5. Understanding What Modern Universities Do: Goods and Services6. Academic Competencies for the Twenty-First Century7. Academic Responsibility: Toward a Cultural Politics of IntegrityNotesReferencesIndex

"This book focuses on one of the most profound challenges facing the United States and the world: the preservation and enhancement of democracy and the role the university can and should play in accomplishing this. It offers a compelling analysis of the internal and external obstacles facing higher education in carrying out this mission and the remedies that are needed. Seamlessly integrating higher education history, philosophy, personal experience, a lifetime of higher education research, and current events in three countries, it is a virtuoso performance by a wise person who knows the field inside and out." — Arthur Levine"A gifted writer and an extraordinary storyteller, Bill Tierney has been an important voice in the field of higher education for decades. His skillful interweaving of narratives on faculty life with critiques of change in democratic institutions makes Higher Education for Democracy a must read. Professors in all disciplines and the citizenry will find important insights to inform their teaching and engagement in the public sphere." — Edward P. St. John