The Idea of a Modern University

by Hook, Sidney

• ISBN13: 9780879750329
• ISBN10: 0879750324
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1974-06-01
• Publisher: Prometheus Books

Table of Contents

Preface by Way of History	p. xiii
Introduction the Rationale of the Problem	p. xvii
Universal Higher Education: Promise or Illusion?	p. 1
The Illusion of Universal Higher Education	p. 3
The Promise of Universal Higher Education	p. 21
Democracy and Higher Education	p. 33
The Travail and Fate of Higher Education	p. 41
Gresham's Law in Education	p. 45
Comment	p. 51
A Reply to My Critics	p. 53
Higher Education Under Fire	p. 59
In Defense of Intellectual Integrity	p. 61
The Betrayal of the Citadel	p. 75
Historical Factors in the Decline of the University	p. 81
The Need for a Philosophy of Education	p. 87
The Fragmentation of Knowledge	p. 93
A Plea for Pluralism: a Dissenting Note	p. 97
The Content of a Liberal Education	p. 99
The Irrelevance of Relevance	p. 107
Rationality in the Contemporary University	p. 119
Some Things We Need	p. 121
An Economist's View	p. 123
Education and a Free Society	p. 125
Academic Freedom and Authoritarianism	p. 133
the Crucial Problems of the Modern University	p. 145
The Role of the Faculty	p. 147
Collective Bargaining in Higher Education	p. 157
The Affirmative-Action Program of Hew	p. 179
Excellence and Irrelevance: Democracy and Higher Education	p. 185
The Ethnic Revolution and Public Policy	p. 203
The Decline of Professional Morale	p. 225
Equality and Quality in Education	p. 229
Reflections on the Agonies of the University	p. 233
Case Study -- May 1970	p. 239
Who is the Enemy?	p. 243
The Torment of Tenure	p. 247
A Dangerous Precedent	p. 251
Rationalizing the Financing of Higher Education	p. 253
Scholarship and the Humanistic Tradition	p. 255
The Importance of a Positive Appeal	p. 257
The Challenge of General Education	p. 259
Reinforcing the Challenge	p. 261
In Defense of Quotas	p. 263
The Need for Coalition and Proper Strategy	p. 265
Counsel for the Future	p. 267
The Scholar -- News-Media Gap and Public Education	p. 269
Concluding Observations	p. 279
Agenda for the Future	p. 281
Contributors	p. 285
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