Ronald G. Musto

The Attack on Higher Education

The Dissolution of the American University

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Produktbeschreibung

Takes a long historical perspective on the evolution of education in our culture to analyze the state of higher ed in America. Will interest university administrators, faculties in the arts and sciences, policy-makers in academia, government, foundations, and the general public seeking a handle on American politics and education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 159mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 670g
• ISBN-13: 9781108471923
• ISBN-10: 1108471927
• Artikelnr.: 61475942

Autorenporträt

Award-winning historian Ronald Musto has taught at three universities and served at ACLS Humanities E-Book (co-director), Medieval Academy of America (executive director, editor of Speculum), and Italica Press (co-publisher). He is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. He is co-author, with Eileen Gardiner, of The Digital Humanities.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Historical Background: 1. Medieval monasteries
2. The university in Europe
3. The American University to 1968
4. The retreat from 1968
Part II. Dissolution? Introduction: 5. Governance and boards
6. Budget wars
7. The scandal of academe
8. Exchanging beliefs: the anti-enlightenment, from humanities to technologies
9. Transformations, takeovers, closings
10. Conclusions: new directions?