Democracy and Higher Education: Traditions and Stories of...
Peters, Scott J. / Alter, Theodore R. / Schwartzbach, Neil
How are we to understand the nature and value of higher educations public purposes, mission, and work in a democratic society? How do and how should academic professionals contribute to and participate in civic life in their practices as scholars, scientists, and educators? Democracy and Higher Education addresses these questions by combining an examination of several normative traditions of civic engagement in American higher education with t...