What Universities Owe Democracy / Ronald J. Daniels ; with Grant Shreve and Phillip Spector
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| Autore: |
Daniels Ronald J (Ronald Joel), <1959->
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| Titolo: |
What Universities Owe Democracy / Ronald J. Daniels ; with Grant Shreve and Phillip Spector
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2021 |
| ©2021 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina: | 378.73 |
| Soggetto topico: | Democracy and education - United States |
| Education, Higher - Aims and objectives - United States | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | SpectorPhillip <1976-> |
| ShreveGrant <1984-> | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | What Universities Owe Democracy |
| ISBN: | 1-4214-4430-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910552758703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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