Higher Education Divided

National Expectations and the Bifurcation of Purpose and National Identity, 1946-2016

AvAllison L. Palmadessa

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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By answering a call to serve the American public and presidential agendas, institutions of higher education reinforce the economic and social divisions in American society, resulting in varied understandings of American national identity.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-08-14
Mått:148 x 210 x 14 mm
Vikt:338 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:146
Upplaga:20001
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030507459

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Allison L. Palmadessa is Associate Professor of History at Greensboro College, USA. She is also the author of American National Identity, Policy Paradigms, and Higher Education (2017).

Innehållsförteckning

1. Establishing National Identity and the Purpose of Higher Education in the United States.- 2. Preserving and Promoting Democracy: University Demands and the Importance of the Community College in Post-War America, 1946-1953.- 3. Dualities and Challenges: Higher Education in the Heart of the Cold War, 1953-1969.- 4. Servicing the Public and the Marketplace for National Growth, 1970-1989.- 5. Capital Gains and Higher Education: The Entrepreneurial University and the Community College as a Facilitator of American Social Mobility in the 1990s.- 6. Human Capital and Market Commodities: Higher Education's Role in the 21st Century.- 7. Higher Education in the Era of Trump: Considering the Ambiguous Future of Tertiary Higher Education in "New American Moment".