Values in Conflict

by Axelrod, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780773524071
• ISBN10: 077352407X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ

Summary

Values in Conflict is a clarion call to policy-makers, business leaders, and the public at large to rethink the current direction of the contemporary university. Paul Axelrod demonstrates that liberal education, the core of higher learning, is threatened by the constricting pressures of the marketplace and shows how political and economic pressures are redefining higher learning. Axelrod demonstrates how, in the race for riches - symbolized by endless rhetoric about the need for Canada to become globally competitive, technologically advanced, and proficient at churning out "knowledge workers" - our schools and universities are being forced by government policy to narrow their educational vistas. The decision-making autonomy that universities must have to provide cultural, intellectual, community-service, and training functions is being eroded. Values in Conflict explains why this is happening - and why it matters.

Author Biography

Paul Axelrod is professor and dean of the Faculty of Education, York University

Table of Contents

Tables	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	3	(5)
Roots and Branches of Liberal Education	8	(26)
Intellect, Culture, and Community	34	(30)
Occupations, Incomes, and the Economy	64	(22)
Ideology and Policy	86	(33)
Teaching and Learning	119	(24)
Conclusion: Educational Futures	143	(8)
Notes	151	(18)
Further Reading on Liberal Education and the University	169	(2)
Bibliography	171	(22)
Index	193