1 option
The right to higher education : a political theory / Christopher Martin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Christopher J. (Christopher James), author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
- Education, Higher.
- Right to education.
- Educational sociology.
- Educational equalization.
- Education and state.
- College attendance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- This text argues that all citizens have the right to higher education. Education should not be allocated only to some, but to all those who choose to take it up. Using concepts and ideas from liberal political philosophy, Christopher Martin shows that access to educational goods plays a key role in helping mature citizens realize self-determined goals. Martin examines the implication of this justification of the right to higher education for questions of educational justice, political authority, distributive justice, civic education, and personal autonomy.
- Contents:
- Changing the Conversation about Higher Education
- Values and Aims of Higher Education
- The De Facto Value of Higher Education
- Rethinking the De Facto Value of Higher Education
- Citizenship as an Aim of Higher Education
- The Liberal Argument for Compulsory Civic Education
- The Liberal Argument for Higher Civic Education
- Higher Civic Education, Autonomy, and Convergence
- Higher Civic Education as Vocational Education
- Adulthood and the Right to Education
- Personal Autonomy and the Right to Basic Education
- The Political Conception of the Person and Adult Citizens
- Adulthood and the Value of Education
- The Right to Higher Education
- The Political Responsibilities of Institutions
- Higher Education and the Basic Structure
- Liberty-Maximizing Justice
- Liberty-Maximizing Justice and the 'Fixed' Values of the University
- Autonomy-Supporting Knowledge and Educational Institutions
- The Right to Higher Education and Political Authority
- The Necessity (and Limits) of Political Authority Over Higher Education
- Anti-Perfectionism and Educational Authority
- Perfectionism and Educational Authority
- Liberty-Maximizing Educational Authority
- Applying Liberty-Maximizing Authority to Higher Education
- The Right to Higher Education and the Problem of Unequal Benefits
- Why the Distribution of Benefits and Burdens (Still) Matters
- The Socioeconomic Argument for Higher Education Funding
- The Liberty-Maximizing Argument for Higher Education Funding
- The Right to Higher Education and Unequal Benefits
- What Should the Right to Higher Education Look Like?
- The Argument Revisited
- Toward a Normative Stage Theory of Higher Education
- Social Forms, Expensive Tastes, and Ideal Institutions.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-761292-X
- 0-19-761294-6
- 0-19-761293-8
- OCLC:
- 1269423137
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.