Tierney Higher Education for Democracy

The Role of the University in Civil Society
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4384-8451-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Uses a cross-national comparison of Los Angeles, New Delhi, and Hong Kong to develop strategies universities should employ to strengthen democracy and resist fascism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tierney, William G.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Preface

1. Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Their Discontents

2. The Democratic Imperative of Higher Education

3. Identity Matters

4. Understanding Academic Freedom and Free Speech on Campus

5. Understanding What Modern Universities Do: Goods and Services

6. Academic Competencies for the Twenty-First Century

7. Academic Responsibility: Toward a Cultural Politics of Integrity

Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

William G. Tierney is University Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California. His many books include Get Real: 49 Challenges Confronting Higher Education; Relational Sociology and Research on Schools, Colleges, and Universities (coedited with Suneal Kolluri); and The Problem of College Readiness (coedited with Julia C. Duncheon), all published by SUNY Press.