All the essential half-truths about higher education - O'Brien, Dennis (University of Chicago Press, 1998)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-247) and index
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
Keywords: Enseignement supérieur / États-Unis; Universités / États-Unis; EDUCATION / Higher; Education, Higher; Universities and colleges; Education, Higher -- United States; Universities and colleges -- United States; Vorurteil; Hochschulorganisation; Höheres Bildungswesen; USA