What universities owe democracy / Ronald J. Daniels ; with Grant Shreve and Phillip Spector.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daniels, Ronald J. (Ronald Joel), 1959- author.

Shreve, Grant, 1984- author.

Spector, Phillip, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

United States.

Democracy and education--United States.

Democracy and education.

Physical Description:

x, 322 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: One. American Dreams: Access, Mobility, Fairness

Two. Free Minds: Educating Democratic Citizens

Three. Hard Truths: Creating Knowledge and Checking Power

Four. Purposeful Pluralism: Dialogue across Difference on Campus.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781421442693

1421442698

OCLC:

1244534835