What Universities Owe Democracy / Ronald J. Daniels ; with Grant Shreve and Phillip Spector.

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Daniels, Ronald J. (Ronald Joel), 1959- [author.]

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TextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781421442693
9781421442709
9781421444307

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Electronic books.

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378.73 23

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LA227.4 .D36 2021

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Contents:

Introduction -- American dreams : access, mobility, fairness -- Free minds : educating democratic citizens -- Hard facts : knowledge creation and checking power -- Purposeful pluralism : dialogue across difference on campus -- Conclusion.

Summary: "This book identifies four distinct functions of American higher education that colleges and universities have acquired over the past two hundred years and that are integral to liberal democracy: social mobility, citizenship education, the discovery and communication of knowledge, and the cultivation of a pluralistic society. Each chapter takes up one of these functions to analyze and assess"-- Provided by publisher.

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"This book identifies four distinct functions of American higher education that colleges and universities have acquired over the past two hundred years and that are integral to liberal democracy: social mobility, citizenship education, the discovery and communication of knowledge, and the cultivation of a pluralistic society. Each chapter takes up one of these functions to analyze and assess"-- Provided by publisher.

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