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Record Nr.

UNINA9910733800003321

Titolo

What Universities Owe Democracy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021

ISBN

9781421444307

1421444305

9781421442709

1421442701

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DanielsRonald J <1959-> (Ronald Joel)

ShreveGrant <1984->

SpectorPhillip <1976->

Disciplina

378.73

Soggetti

Democracy and education

Education, Higher

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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 cultivation of a pluralistic society. Each chapter takes up one of these functions to analyze and assess"--