| Description |
1 online resource (336 pages) |
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text file |
| Series |
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- American dreams : access, mobility, fairness -- Free minds : educating democratic citizens -- Hard facts : knowledge creation and checking power -- Purposeful pluralism : dialogue across difference on campus -- Conclusion. |
| 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
Project Muse Project Muse Open Access |
| Access |
Open Access Unrestricted online access |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives. |
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Democracy and education. |
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Enseignement superieur -- Finalites -- États-Unis. |
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Democratie et education -- États-Unis. |
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
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United States. |
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Democracy and education -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books. .
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| Added Author |
Shreve, Grant, 1984- author.
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Spector, Phillip, 1976- author.
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Project Muse, distributor.
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| ISBN |
9781421442693 |
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9781421442709 |
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9781421444307 |
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1421442701 |
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1421444305 |
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