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All the Essential Half-Truths About Higher Education

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  • ISBN13:

    9780226616544

  • ISBN10:

    0226616541

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-01-19
  • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

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Summary

In this refreshing and original exploration, George Dennis O'Brien looks at higher education in America. O'Brien argues that to debate intelligently the future of education we must stop focusing on its ideals and look instead at its institutions. He does this by addressing nine half-truths, such as whether "low cost public education benefits the least advantaged in society," and goes on to examine how accurately they reflect the true state of higher education. The result is a thought-provoking discussion of the present challenges and future prospects of American higher education. "O'Brien's historical overview of the transition from 19th-century denominational colleges to 20th-century research-driven and largely secular ones is provocative. Cleverly written and well-focused, the book addresses the financial pressures facing higher education and asks vital questions about cutbacks and curricula."--Publishers Weekly "Lively, engaging, and richly suggestive." --Francis Oakley, Commonweal "O'Brien employs calm, powerful reason, without sensationalism. His perspective is illuminating. . . . All the Essential Half-Truths About Higher Education is one of the wisest and most useful treatments of American higher education." --John Attarian, Detroit News

Table of Contents

Full-Face Preface xi
Anyone for Higher Education?
1(14)
The Faculty Is the University
15(16)
Tenure Is a Necessary Condition of Academic Freedom
31(20)
Universities Are Neutral on Moral Value/Universities Teach Moral Value
51(23)
The Liberal Arts Curriculum Aims at Distribution/Diversity
74(18)
Teaching Is the Primary Task of Higher Education
92(13)
The Problem with Higher Education Is the Administration
105(32)
Low-Cost Public Education Benefits the Least Advantaged
137(16)
The University Is the Axial Institution of Modern Society
153(17)
Synthetic Morality
170(32)
Ultimate Synthesis: Money, Mission, and Management
202(27)
References, Acknowledgments, and Afterthoughts 229(10)
Index 239

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