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As John Henry Newman reflected on 'The Idea of a University' more than a century and a half ago, Bradley C. S. Watson brings together some of the nation's most eminent thinkers on higher education to reflect on the nature and purposes of the American university today. Their mordant reflections paint a picture of the American university in crisis. This book is essential reading for thoughtful citizens, scholars, and educational policymakers.
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This volume deserves the attention of all those who care about the fate of liberal education in our time. The thoughtful scholars included in this work show that the once clear and purposive western universities, which were dedicated to the search for truth and elevation of the human mind and soul, are now dedicated to nothing at all, unless it be to a kind of intellectual promiscuity. Nonetheless, this volume contains within it the seeds of hope for recapturing the purpose of the liberal arts in modern democratic societies, and therewithal, a recommitment to the highest human aspirations.--Colleen Sheehan, Villanova University
These thoughtful and penetrating essays on American higher education offer not just a stark dissection of its follies and failures, but also the wisdom necessary for renewal.--Bruce S. Thornton, National Fellow, Hoover Institution
Essential reading for anyone concerned about the future on higher education in America. Don't miss it.--Roger Kimball, author of Tenured Radicals: How Politics Has Corrupted Our Higher Education
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These thoughtful and penetrating essays on American higher education offer not just a stark dissection of its follies and failures, but also the wisdom necessary for renewal.--Bruce S. Thornton, National Fellow, Hoover Institution
Essential reading for anyone concerned about the future on higher education in America. Don't miss it.--Roger Kimball, author of Tenured Radicals: How Politics Has Corrupted Our Higher Education
Bradley C. S. Watson is professor of political science at Saint Vincent College in Pennsylvania, and the Philip M. McKenna Chair in American and Western Political Thought.
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- PublisherLexington Books
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0739149156
- ISBN 13 9780739149157
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages176
- EditorWatson Bradley C.S.
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