Democracy's Education : Public Work, Citizenship, and the Future of Colleges and Universities / Harry C. Boyte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyte, Harry C., 1945-

Contributor:

Boyte, Harry C., 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Civics--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.

Civics.

Democracy and education--United States.

Democracy and education.

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

Education, Higher.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, 2014.

Summary:

"Democracy's Education shows possibilities for educators to be agents, not victims, of changes sweeping higher reeducation. Framed by Harry Boyte's challenge for educators to claim their hidden powers, it brings world-famous scholars, government officials, and presidents together with faculty, students, staff, and community organizers to show constructive responses happening now"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Reinventing Citizenship as Public Work

I. Democratic Narratives

1. Har Megiddo: A Battle for the Soul of Higher Education

2. A Democracy's College Tradition

3. The Democratic Roots of Academic Professionalism

II. Policy Makers and Presidents as Architects of Change

4. Democracy's Future-The Federal Perspective

5. Reinventing Scholar-Educators as Citizens and Public Workers

6. Institutionalizing Civic Engagement at the University of Minnesota

7. Education for a Rapidly Changing World

8. Preparing Students for Work as Citizens: Reflections of a New College President

III. The Faculty Experience and Faculty as Agents of Change

9. Can a New Culture of Civic Professionalism Flourish?

10. Transformational Ecotones: The Craftsperson Ethos and Higher Education

11. Dismantling Inequality Regarding Scholarship

12. The Emerging Citizenry of Academe

IV. From Citizen-Student to Citizen-Alumni: Students and Alumni as Agents of Change

13. Becoming a Civic Artist

14. What's Doctoral Education Got to Do with It?: Graduate School Socialization and the Essential Democratic Work of the Academy

15. Fostering Civic Agency by Making Education (and Ourselves) "Real

16. The Civic Creativity of Alumni

V. Community Organizers Consider the Challenges

17. Breaking the Civic Spirit: Experiences of Young Organizers

18. "On Tap," Not "On Top

19. How Can Higher Education Reclaim Its Power?

VI. Possible Futures

20. Illiberal Education

21. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: The Economic Impact of Public Work

22. Reflections of a Civic Scientist

23. Higher Education and Political Citizenship: The Japanese Case

24. The Promise of Black Consciousness

25. Teaching as Public Work

VII. Summing Up

26. Organizing Higher Education Between the Times.

27. The Soul of Higher Education: Concluding Reflections

Contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780826503633

0826503632

9780826520371

0826520375

OCLC:

900889132