What Universities Owe Democracy

"This book identifies four distinct functions of American higher education that colleges and universities have acquired over the past two hundred years and that are integral to liberal democracy: social mobility, citizenship education, the discovery and communication of knowledge, and the culti...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Daniels, Ronald J. (-), Shreve, Grant, Spector, Phillip
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2021
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009755151706719
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • American dreams : access, mobility, fairness
  • Free minds : educating democratic citizens
  • Hard facts : knowledge creation and checking power
  • Purposeful pluralism : dialogue across difference on campus
  • Conclusion.