Public Universities and the Public Sphere argues that two crises facing America - a crisis of public discourse and a crisis of public higher education - are closely connected. Part of the solution, Smith argues in this timely work, to both crises lies in understanding and building on the connection.



Autorentext

WOODRUFF D. SMITH Professor of History and formerly Dean of the Liberal Arts Faculty at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA.

Inhalt
The Core Public Sphere: What It Is and Why It Needs Help Why is Public Higher Education in Trouble? Building the Core Public Sphere The Public Sphere and the Construction of the Modern American University Public Universities and the Democratization of the Core Public Sphere Occlusion and Its Consequences What Should Be Done?
Titel
Public Universities and the Public Sphere
EAN
9780230114708
ISBN
978-0-230-11470-8
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Veröffentlichung
22.11.2010
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
1.08 MB
Anzahl Seiten
229
Jahr
2010
Untertitel
Englisch