All the Essential Half-Truths about Higher Education

Name: All the Essential Half-Truths about Higher Education
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ISBN: 9780226616544

ISBN-10: 0226616541

ISBN-13: 9780226616544

Edition: 1997

Authors: George Dennis O'Brien

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In this refreshing and original exploration, George Dennis O'Brien looks at higher education in America. O'Brien argues that to debate intelligently the future of education we must stop focusing on its ideals and look instead at its institutions. He does this by addressing nine half-truths, such as whether "low cost public education benefits the least advantaged in society," and goes on to examine how accurately they reflect the true state of higher education. The result is a thought-provoking discussion of the present challenges and future prospects of American higher education. "O'Brien's historical overview of the transition from 19th-century denominational colleges to 20th-century…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 1/19/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 266
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



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Preface



Anyone for Higher Education?



The Faculty Is the University



Tenure Is a Necessary Condition of Academic Freedom



Universities Are Neutral on Moral Value/Universities Teach Moral Value



The Liberal Arts Curriculum Aims at Distribution/Diversity



Teaching Is the Primary Task of Higher Education



The Problem with Higher Education Is the Administration



Low-Cost Public Education Benefits the Least Advantaged



The University Is the Axial Institution of Modern Society



Synthetic Morality



Ultimate Synthesis: Money, Mission, and Management


References


Acknowledgments, and Afterthoughts


Index