What is college for? : the public purpose of higher education / edited by Ellen Condliffe Lagemann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lagemann, Ellen Condliffe, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

United States.

Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.

Education, Higher--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

vii, 168 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2012]

Summary:

At a time when higher education attendance has never felt more mandatory for career success and economic growth, the distinguished contributors to this provocative collection ask readers to consider the civic mission of higher education as equally vital to the nation's well-being. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Renewing the Civic Mission of American Higher Education / Ellen Condliffe Lagemann Lagemann, Ellen Condliffe, Harry Lewis Lewis, Harry 9

2 Science, Enlightenment, and Intellectual Tensions in Higher Education / Douglas Taylor Taylor, Douglas 46

3 Liberated Consumers and the Liberal Arts College / Elaine Turtle Hansen Hansen, Elaine Turtle 63

4 The Other 75%: College Education Beyond the Elite / Paul Attewell Attewell, Paul, David E. Lavin Lavin, David E. 86

5 Professional Education: Aligning Knowledge, Expertise, and Public Purpose / William M. Sullivan Sullivan, William M. 104

6 Graduate Education: The Nerve Center of Higher Education / Catharine R. Stimpson Stimpson, Catharine R. 132.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807752753

0807752754

9780807752760

0807752762

OCLC:

741751187