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Beyond the corporate university : culture and pedagogy in the new millennium / edited by Henry A. Giroux and Kostas Myrsiades.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Culture and politics series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
- United States.
- Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.
- Education, Higher--Economic aspects.
- Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.
- Education, Higher--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 350 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2001]
- Summary:
- A decade of budgetary, policy, and ideological contention has left American universities under the yoke of narrow-minded management models. As corporate culture increasingly invades educational and other public sectors, we as a nation have lost a clear vision of the public good and the necessary components of a vital democracy. Prominent scholars in this book seek to redress these trends. They move boldly beyond critique to show how and why the critical functions of a democratically informed civic education (not merely professional training) must become the core of the university's mission. They show why higher education must address what it means to relate knowledge to public life, and social responsibility to the demands of critical citizenship. Moreover, they show why democratic forms of education and various elements of a critical pedagogy are vital not only to individual students, but also to our economy and our democratic institutions and future leadership.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0742510476
- 0742510484
- OCLC:
- 45655077
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