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The Idea of the American University
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2010
Summary
As John Henry Newman reflected on 'The Idea of a University' more than a century and a half ago, Bradley C. S. Watson brings together some of the nation's most eminent thinkers on higher education to reflect on the nature and purposes of the American university today. They detail the life and rather sad times of the American university, its relationship to democracy, and the place of the liberal arts within it. Their mordant reflections paint a picture of the American university in crisis. But they also point toward a renewal of the university by redirecting it toward those things that resist the passions of the moment, or the pull of mere utility. This book is essential reading for thoughtful citizens, scholars, and educational policymakers.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-4915-7
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-4917-1
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
162
Product type
Edited Book
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Dedication No access
Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
1: Universitas sine Universo - On the Home of Truth When There Is No Truth - James V. Schall, S.J. No access
2: The End of the American Core Curriculum - Mark C. Henrie No access
3: From Civilizational Memory and the Upward Lifting of Souls, to Upward Mobility, to Upending Social Mores - The Going Down of University Education in One Professor’s Lifetime - Gary D. Glenn No access
4: Roller of Big Cigars - The American University as Cheerful Mortician - Peter Wood No access
5: Eccentric Education—The American Way - Susan E. Hanssen No access
6: Socrates in America - William Mathie No access
7: Human Dignity and Higher Education Today - Peter Augustine Lawler No access
8: Now That the University Has Become the High School, WhereDo We Get an Education? - W. B. Allen No access
9: St. Augustine, the University, and theSo-Called Liberal Arts - Michael P. Foley No access
10: Toward an American Liberal Education - John Agresto No access
Index No access Pages 155 - 158
About the Editor and Contributors No access Pages 159 - 162
