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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Religion in the nation and the academy -- The university : what is it and how does its center hold? -- Contentious compatibility and the common good : the university as servant and critic in a democracy -- The purpose of the college : clashes over liberal education and ideas that prevail -- The rise of the university : the influence of progressivism and the social gospel -- Battles over liberty, academic freedom and free speech -- The disuniting of America and the university: a reprise of academic freedom and the threat of balkanization in the quest for pluralism and diversity -- The contemporary ideological world of the McCarthy era to present : political rightness and wrong-headedness -- Conclusion a coda : the concept of a university in America and the culture we deserve. |
| Summary |
This book presents the issues, controversies, and key players that formed and enabled the American college and university to endure as a critical institution of the nation and society. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Universities and colleges -- United States -- History.
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Universities and colleges. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Education, Higher -- United States -- History.
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United States -- History.
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives. |
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Education, Higher. |
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EDUCATION -- Higher. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Nelson, Stephen James, 1947- author. Shape and shaping of the college and university in America Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016] 9781498515566 (DLC) 2015046093 |
| ISBN |
9781498515573 (Electronic) |
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1498515576 (Electronic) |
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9781498515566 (cloth) (alkaline paper) |
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1498515568 (cloth) (alkaline paper) |
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