Five counterrevolutionists in higher education: Irving Babbitt, Albert Jay Nock, Abraham Flexner, Robert Maynard Hutchins, Alexander Meiklejohn / by Michael R. Harris. Foreword by W.H. Cowley.
Ideal and practice of higher education for operational utility -- Critics of the new ideal -- Irving Babbitt: Civilized standards and humanistic education -- Albert Jay Nock: Apostle of despair -- Abraham Flexner: Research universities for America -- Robert Maynar Hutchins: Man's highest powers -- Alexander Meiklejohn: Democracy and social intelligence -- Conclusion: Social relevance of higher education.