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Beyond the Corporate University
Giroux, Henry A.; Myrsiades, Kostas
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Description for Beyond the Corporate University
Paperback. A decade of budgetary, policy, and ideological contention has resulted in American universities being run by management models and the nation is seen by some to have lost its vision of the public good and the necessary components of a democracy. This work seeks to redress these trends. Series: Culture and Politics Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
A decade of budgetary, policy, and ideological contention has left American universities under the yoke of narrow-minded management models. As corporate culture increasingly invades educational and other public sectors, we as a nation have lost a clear vision of the public good and the necessary components of a vital democracy. Prominent scholars in this book seek to redress these trends. They move boldly beyond critique to show how and why the critical functions of a democratically informed civic education (not merely professional training) must become the core of the university's mission. They show why higher education must address what it ... Read more
A decade of budgetary, policy, and ideological contention has left American universities under the yoke of narrow-minded management models. As corporate culture increasingly invades educational and other public sectors, we as a nation have lost a clear vision of the public good and the necessary components of a vital democracy. Prominent scholars in this book seek to redress these trends. They move boldly beyond critique to show how and why the critical functions of a democratically informed civic education (not merely professional training) must become the core of the university's mission. They show why higher education must address what it ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Series
Culture and Politics Series
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742510487
SKU
V9780742510487
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About Giroux, Henry A.; Myrsiades, Kostas
Henry A. Giroux is the Waterbury Professor of Education at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of several books including, The Mouse that Roared: Disney and the End of Innocence and Channel Surfing: Racism, the Media, and the Destruction of Today's Youth. Kostas Myrsiades is professor of English at West Chester University and the editor of The College Literature ... Read more
Reviews for Beyond the Corporate University
It cannot be stressed strongly enough how important this volume of studies is to the discussion of pedagogy in institutions of higher learning.
Teaching Theology & Religion
A copy of [this volume] should be on the shelf of every literary and cultural-studies practitioner concerned with the way our institutions and workplaces shape the possibilities of our scholarship and ... Read more
Teaching Theology & Religion
A copy of [this volume] should be on the shelf of every literary and cultural-studies practitioner concerned with the way our institutions and workplaces shape the possibilities of our scholarship and ... Read more