In the Company of Scholars: The Struggle for the Soul of Higher Education
Autor Julius Getmanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 apr 2011
In this personal reflection on the status of higher education, Julius Getman probes the tensions between status and meaning, elitism and egalitarianism, that challenge the academy and academics today. He shows how higher education creates a shared intellectual community among people of varied races and classes—while simultaneously dividing people on the basis of education and status.
In the course of his explorations, Getman touches on many of the most current issues in higher education today, including the conflict between teaching and research, challenges to academic freedom, the struggle over multiculturalism, and the impact of minority and feminist activism. Getman presents these issues through relevant, often humorous anecdotes, using his own and others' experiences in coping with the constantly changing academic landscape.
Written from a liberal perspective, the book offers another side of the story told in such works as Allan Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind and Roger Kimball's Tenured Radicals.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780292735668
ISBN-10: 0292735669
Pagini: 312
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
ISBN-10: 0292735669
Pagini: 312
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Notă biografică
Julius Getman holds the Earl E. Sheffield Regents Chair in the University of Texas School of Law. He has served as both president and general counsel of the American Association of University Professors.
Cuprins
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Interviews
- 1. The Attraction of Academic Life
- 2. The Basic Academic Processes and the Search for Meaning: The Conflict between Elitist and Egalitarian Values
- 3. The Relationship of Faculty to Academic Institutions
- 4. The Struggle for Change
- 5. Special Features of Academic Life
- Notes
- Index
Descriere
In this personal reflection on the status of higher education, Julius Getman probes the tensions between status and meaning, elitism and egalitarianism, that challenge the academy and academics today.