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What Universities Owe Democracy /

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"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 culti...

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Main Authors: Daniels, Ronald J. (Ronald Joel), 1959- (Author), Shreve, Grant, 1984- (Author), Spector, Phillip, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
Democracy and education.
Enseignement superieur > Finalites > États-Unis.
Democratie et education > États-Unis.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Democracy and education > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
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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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (336 pages).
ISBN:9781421444307
Access:Open Access

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