Stephen J. Nelson

The Shape and Shaping of the College and University in America

A Lively Experiment

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 709g
• ISBN-13: 9781498515566
• ISBN-10: 1498515568
• Artikelnr.: 44163880

Autorenporträt

By Stephen J. Nelson

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Religion in the Nation and the Academy Chapter 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 Democracy Chapter 4 The Purpose of the College: Clashes over Liberal
Education and Ideas that Prevail Chapter 5 The Rise of the University: The
Influence of Progressivism and the Social Gospel Chapter 6 Battles over
Liberty, Academic Freedom and Free Speech Chapter 7 The Disuniting of
America and the University: A Reprise of Academic Freedom and the Threat of
Balkanization in the Quest for Pluralism and Diversity Chapter 8 The
Contemporary Ideological World of the McCarthy Era to Present: Political
Rightness and Wrong-Headedness Chapter 9 A Coda: The Concept of a
University in America and the Culture We Deserve