Shape and Shaping of the College and University in America

A Lively Experiment

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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This bookpresents 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. Nelson examines contested issues and concerns in the academy such as the role and position of religion; the place and value of the liberal arts; the threat of disunity and balkanization; the ideological contentions and fights for control; the effect of politics and ideologies on its future as an institution; its role as a critic and servant of society; and its promotion of academic freedom, free speech, and liberty. This overview, combined with Nelson’s examination of the historical dramas, influential political forces, and stories of key personalities, provides a nuanced understanding of the evolution of the academy that scholars of Education, American History, and Philosophy will appreciate.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-03-01
Mått158 x 239 x 30 mm
Vikt685 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor340
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498515566

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Chapter 1 Religion in the Nation and the AcademyChapter 2 The University: What is It and How Does Its Center Hold?Chapter 3 Contentious Compatibility and the Common Good: The University as Servant and Critic in a DemocracyChapter 4 The Purpose of the College: Clashes over Liberal Education and Ideas that PrevailChapter 5 The Rise of the University: The Influence of Progressivism and the Social GospelChapter 6 Battles over Liberty, Academic Freedom and Free SpeechChapter 7 The Disuniting of America and the University: A Reprise of Academic Freedom and the Threat of Balkanization in the Quest for Pluralism and DiversityChapter 8 The Contemporary Ideological World of the McCarthy Era to Present: Political Rightness and Wrong-HeadednessChapter 9 A Coda: The Concept of a University in America and the Culture We Deserve

The American college and university have never been more essential to the health of the nation and at the same time, more under threat. In a series of interlocking essays exploiting the insights of wise elders, Nelson depicts a varied, ever-evolving academic “marketplace” serving disparate needs and interests. His defense of the university’s fundamental imperatives—open inquiry and service—is more pertinent today than ever.