All the essential half-truths about higher education:
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Main Author: O'Brien, Dennis (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press c1998
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Item Description: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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 243 p.)
ISBN:0226616541
0226616584
9780226616544
9780226616582