The ideal of the university / Robert Paul Wolff ; with a new introduction by the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolff, Robert Paul, author, writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Education, Higher.

Education, Humanistic--United States.

Education, Humanistic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

The Ideal of the University is a lucid, comprehensive analysis of the rationale, principles, and presuppositions that make contemporary universities what they are.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction to the Transaction Edition

Preface

Introduction to the Original Edition

Part One Four Models of a University

Chapter One The University as a Sanctuary of Scholarship

Chapter Two The University as a Training Camp for the Professions

Chapter Three The University as a Social Service Station

Chapter Four The University as an Assembly Line for Establishment Man

Part Two Partisan Thoughts About Some Educational Controversies

Chapter One A Discourse on Grading

Chapter Two Three Myths of Education

Chapter Three The Admissions Rat Race*

Part Three How Should a University Be Governed?

Chapter One Why Should a University Be Governed at All?

Chapter Two How a University Should Not Be Governed

Chapter Three How a University Should Be Governed

Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-351-48114-2

OCLC:

999653894