What Is College For? The Public Purpose Of Higher Education,Used

Product Description At a time when higher education attendance has never felt more mandatory for career success and economic growth, the distinguished contributors to this provocative collection ask readers to consider the civic mission of higher education as equally vital to the nations wellbeing. Should higher education serve a greater public interest? In what ways should colleges and universities be asked to participate in public controversies? What should we expect institutions of higher education to contribute to the development of honesty and ethical judgment in the civic sphere? What should colleges do to foster greater intellectual curiosity and aesthetic appreciation in their students and communities, and why is this important for all Americans?In the face of much handwringing over higher education in America today, this eclectic set of essays offers an engaging call to sustain core values.'Karen Arenson, former New York Times reporter and editorWhat Is College For? makes a powerful, compelling case for the civic purpose of higher education and provides sensible strategies for renewing and strengthening that purpose. At a time when education for profit often undermines education for the public good, Lagemann and Lewis have made a muchneeded contribution to our understanding, as well as our ability to work effectively to fulfill the democratic mission of Americas colleges and universities. Ira Harkavy, Associate Vice President and Director,Netter Center for Community Partnerships, University of PennsylvaniaA distinguished group of scholars offers wise, crisp, and occasionally heretical analyses of an oftenignored question: Why is the quality and direction of higher education a matter of public purpose that demands public examination? Lagemann and Lewis offer us a combination of exposition and provocation that is required reading for educators unafraid of asking Why. Lee S. Shulman, President Emeritus, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus, Stanford University Review In the face of much handwringing over higher education in America today, this eclectic set of essays offers an engaging call to sustain core values.'Karen Arenson, former New York Times reporter and editorWhat Is College For? makes a powerful, compelling case for the civic purpose of higher education and provides sensible strategies for renewing and strengthening that purpose. At a time when education for profit often undermines education for the public good, Lagemann and Lewis have made a muchneeded contribution to our understanding, as well as our ability to work effectively to fulfill the democratic mission of Americas colleges and universities. Ira Harkavy, Associate Vice President and Director,Netter Center for Community Partnerships, University of PennsylvaniaA distinguished group of scholars offers wise, crisp, and occasionally heretical analyses of an oftenignored question: Why is the quality and direction of higher education a matter of public purpose that demands public examination? Lagemann and Lewis offer us a combination of exposition and provocation that is required reading for educators unafraid of asking Why. Lee S. Shulman, President Emeritus, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus, Stanford University Review A distinguished group of scholars offers wise, crisp, and occasionally heretical analyses of an oftenignored question: Why is the quality and direction of higher education a matter of public purpose that demands public examination? Lagemann and Lewis offer us a combination of exposition and provocation that is required reading for educators unafraid of asking Why. Lee S. Shulman, President Emeritus, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus, Stanford University About t