American National Identity, Policy Paradigms, and Higher Education A History of the Relationship between Higher Education and the United States, 1862–2015 /

This volume examines the role of higher education in producing and reproducing American cultural identity from 1862 to 2015 and considers whether changes in federal policy regarding higher education result in paradigm shifts that directly impact the purpose of higher education. American institutions...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Palmadessa, Allison L. (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Industrialization and Competition: The Development of the American Research University
  • Chapter 2. From Progressive Reform to Research and Competition: Higher Education from the Turn of the 20th Century through The Great War
  • Chapter 3. A Failing Nation, A Struggling Institution: Higher Education in the Inter-War Period
  • Chapter 4. University Technology and Arms to Win the War: The US in World War II
  • Chapter 5. Higher Education for American Democracy
  • Chapter 6. Cold War Challenges, Unrest and Rebellion, and a Shift in the Federal Role in Higher Education
  • Chapter 7. The Impending 21st Century: Education to Save America or for Market Domination?
  • Chapter 8. 21st Century Trials and Tribulations: Market Competition and National Dependence on Higher Education
  • Chapter 9. Market Commodities and Human Capital: What Happened to Democracy and Sharing of Knowledge?. .